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Breach Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Breach?
[n] a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
[n] a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" [n] an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification) [v] make an opening or gap in [v] act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law" Synonyms | Synonyms for Breach: break | break | falling out | gap | go against | infract | offend | rift | rupture | severance | transgress | violate Related Terms | Find terms related to Breach: abysm | abyss | alienation | arroyo | atrocity | bad faith | bore | box canyon | breach of contract | breach of faith | breach of friendship | breach of privilege | breach of promise | breach of trust | break | break in | break into | break open | break through | breakage | breaking | burst | burst in | bust | bust in | caesura | canyon | cave in | cavity | cessation | chap | chasm | check | chimney | chink | chip | cleavage | cleave | cleft | cleuch | clough | col | contravene | contravention | coulee | couloir | crack | cranny | crevasse | crevice | crime | crime against humanity | cut | cut apart | cwm | deadly sin | defile | delinquency | dell | dereliction | difference | dike | disaffection | discontinuity | discord | disfavor | disharmony | disobedience | disregard | disrupt | disruption | dissension | disunion | disunity | ditch | divergence | dividedness | division | donga | draw | enormity | error | estrangement | evil | excavation | exfoliate | failure | falling-out | fault | felony | fissure | flaw | flume | force open | fracture | furrow | gap | gape | gash | genocide | gorge | groove | guilty act | gulch | gulf | gully | heavy sin | hiatus | hole | impropriety | incise | incision | indiscretion | inexpiable sin | infract | infraction | infringe | infringement | iniquity | injury | injustice | interim | intermission | interruption | interval | invade | joint | kloof | lacuna | lapse | leak | letup | lull | malefaction | malfeasance | malum | minor wrong | misdeed | misdemeanor | misfeasance | moat | mortal sin | neglect | nonfeasance | nonobservance | notch | nullah | offend | offense | omission | open | open fire | open rupture | open up | opening | outrage | pass | passage | pause | peccadillo | peccancy | penetrate | prize open | quarrel | ravine | recall of ambassadors | rent | rift | rime | rip | rive | rupture | scale | schism | scissure | seam | secession | separation | severance | sin | sin of commission | sin of omission | sinful act | slash | slice | slip | slit | slot | snap | splinter | split | split open | stove in | strife | suspension | tear | tear open | tort | transgress | transgression | trench | trespass | trip | unutterable sin | valley | variance | venial sin | violation | void | wadi | withdrawal | wrong See Also | blunder | boob | breach of contract | breach of duty | breakup | conflict | contravene | detachment | disrespect | failure | gap | goof | infringe | intrude | open | open up | opening | run afoul | separation | sin | trespass Breach In Webster's Dictionary \Breach\, n. [OE. breke, breche, AS. brice, gebrice,
gebrece (in comp.), fr. brecan to break; akin to Dan.
br[ae]k, MHG. breche, gap, breach. See {Break}, and cf.
{Brake} (the instrument), {Brack} a break] .
1. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
2. Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any
obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a
breach of contract; a breach of promise.
3. A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in
a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a
solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture.
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead. --Shak.
4. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters
themselves; surge; surf.
The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before
me, as the breach of waters. --2 Sam. v.
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{A clear breach} implies that the waves roll over the vessel
without breaking.
{A clean breach} implies that everything on deck is swept
away. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
5. A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.
There's fallen between him and my lord An unkind
breach. --Shak.
6. A bruise; a wound.
Breach for breach, eye for eye. --Lev. xxiv.
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7. (Med.) A hernia; a rupture.
8. A breaking out upon; an assault.
The Lord had made a breach upon Uzza. --1. Chron.
xiii. 11?
{Breach of falth}, a breaking, or a failure to keep, an
expressed or implied promise; a betrayal of confidence or
trust.
{Breach of peace}, disorderly conduct, disturbing the public
peace.
{Breach of privilege}, an act or default in violation of the
privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or
of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false
swearing before a committee. --Mozley. Abbott.
{Breach of promise}, violation of one's plighted word, esp.
of a promise to marry.
{Breach of trust}, violation of one's duty or faith in a
matter entrusted to one.
Syn: Rent; cleft; chasm; rift; aperture; gap; break;
disruption; fracture; rupture; infraction; infringement;
violation; quarrel; dispute; contention; difference;
misunderstanding.
\Breach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Breached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaching}.] To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city. \Breach\, v. i. To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale. |
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