When the UK government first proposed such an agreement, he suggested it was an affront to Scottish democracy.

BBC: Alex Salmond

The heightened ability of some individuals to procure organs because of wealth also was an affront to egalitarian sensibilities.

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Mr. MacAskill's decision was an affront to those who suffered this grisly fate and to a nation's longing for justice.

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The first few times, she apologized, but then she stopped, because she knew that her regret, like a basket of muffins, was, in some way, an affront.

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Mr Barwell described as an "affront" the fact that discrimination against people who had suffered mental illness was enshrined in law.

BBC: MPs support an end to mental health discrimination.