nurseryThis company has its own nursery where employees' children can be taken care of during the day.Amanda and Josh prepared a nursery for their unborn baby.obedientShe is an obedient child.A good citizen is obedient to the law.obedienceA good soldier is characterized by bravery, discipline,and obedience.offendYou've offended John by calling him stupid. You must apologize to him now.offenseThe young man was arrested for the offense of stealing.Police were unable to find the weapon of offense used in the murder.Carol took offense at my comments about her.offensiveI don't like Peter because his remarks about girls are often offensive.The government official thinks that to beef up our defense, we should buy more offensive weapons.We took the offensive against the invading army.