| NOUN | act | breach | a failure to perform some promised act or obligation |
|---|---|---|---|
| object | breach | an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification) | |
| event | breach, rupture, break, severance, rift, falling out | a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) | |
| VERB | social | breach, transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, break | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises |
| contact | breach, gap | make an opening or gap in |
| Sounds | briy'ch | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | beach ... teach / Teach: 19 rhymes with iych... | |
| Meaning | A failure to perform some promised act or obligation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | breach of contract | A breach of a legal duty |
| breach of duty | A breach of due care | |
| Broader | failure | An unexpected omission |
| Spanish | brecha, incumplimiento | |
| Catalan | incompliment | |
| Verbs | breach | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises |
| Meaning | An opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification). | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | opening, gap | An open or empty space in or between things |
| Spanish | batería, boquete, brecha | |
| Catalan | bretxa, esvoranc | |
| Verbs | breach | make an opening or gap in |
| Meaning | A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | rupture, break, severance, rift, falling out | |
| Narrower | schism | The formal separation / separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences |
| Broader | separation, breakup, detachment | coming apart |
| Spanish | ruptura | |
| Catalan | ruptura, trencament | |
| Meaning | Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, break | |
| Narrower | conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene | go against, as of rules and laws |
| drop the ball, sin, blunder, boob, goof | Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | |
| sin, transgress, trespass | commit a sin | |
| trespass | break the law | |
| trespass, intrude | Enter unlawfully on someone's property | |
| Broader | disrespect | show a lack of respect for |
| Opposite | observe, keep | conform one's action or practice to |
| Spanish | insultar, ofender, transgredir, violar, vulnerar | |
| Catalan | insultar, transgredir, vulnerar | |
| Nouns | breach | a failure to perform some promised act or obligation |
| Meaning | make an opening or gap in. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | gap | |
| Broader | open, open up | Cause to open or to become open |
| Spanish | abrir brecha | |
| Nouns | breach | an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification) |
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