breach

noun

  1. 1

    a failure to perform some promised act or obligation

  2. 2

    a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

    they hoped to avoid a break in relations

  3. 3

    an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

verb

  1. 1

    make an opening or gap in

  2. 2

    act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

    offend all laws of humanity

    violate the basic laws or human civilization

Synonyms

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