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