breach meaning and definition

BREACH noun

Definition of breach (noun)

1. a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
2. an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
3. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
   • "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
   • synonyms: break, falling out, rift, rupture, severance

BREACH verb

Definition of breach (verb)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate
   • antonym: keep
2. make an opening or gap in
   • synonyms: gap