From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pocket \Pock"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pocketed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pocketing.]
1. To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the
change.
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He would pocket the expense of the license.
--Sterne.
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2. To take clandestinely or fraudulently.
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He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long
been dead. --Macaulay.
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To pocket a ball (Billiards), to drive a ball into a pocket
of the table.
To pocket an insult, affront, etc., to receive an affront
without open resentment, or without seeking redress. "I
must pocket up these wrongs." --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Affront \Af*front"\, n. [Cf. F. affront, fr. affronter.]
1. An encounter either friendly or hostile. [Obs.]
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I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded
On hostile ground, none daring my affront. --Milton.
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2. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies
resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity;
insult.
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Offering an affront to our understanding. --Addison.
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3. An offense to one's self-respect; shame. --Arbuthnot.
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Syn: Affront, Insult, Outrage.
Usage: An affront is a designed mark of disrespect, usually
in the presence of others. An insult is a personal
attack either by words or actions, designed to
humiliate or degrade. An outrage is an act of extreme
and violent insult or abuse. An affront piques and
mortifies; an insult irritates and provokes; an
outrage wounds and injures.
Captious persons construe every innocent freedom
into an affront. When people are in a state of
animosity, they seek opportunities of offering
each other insults. Intoxication or violent
passion impels men to the commission of
outrages. --Crabb.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Affront \Af*front"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affronted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Affronting.] [OF. afronter, F. affronter, to
confront, LL. affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad + frons
forehead, front. See Front.]
1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face
to face. [Obs.]
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All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. --Holland.
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That he, as 't were by accident, may here
Affront Ophelia. --Shak.
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2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death;
hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [Archaic]
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3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult
to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked
incivility.
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How can any one imagine that the fathers would have
dared to affront the wife of Aurelius? --Addison.
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Syn: To insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight;
defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
affront
n 1: a deliberately offensive act or something producing the
effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me
was a deliberate insult" [syn: insult, affront]
v 1: treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with
his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his
classmate was dissed by everyone" [syn: diss, insult,
affront]