Main entry: breach
Definition: a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
Main entry: breach, break, rift, severance, rupture, falling out
Definition: a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
Usage: they hoped to avoid a break in relations
Main entry: breach
Definition: an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
Definition: make an opening or gap in
Main entry: go against, infract, offend, breach, break, transgress, violate
Definition: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
Usage: offend all laws of humanity; violate the basic laws or human civilization; break a law; break a promise