breach
A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.
Other meanings
The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
Related words
- breachless
- cyberbreach
- megabreach
- prebreach
- wedbreach
- anticipatory breach
- breachful
- breach of confidence
- breach of contract
- breach of promise
- breach of the peace
- breach of trust
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "bryċe" (fracture, breach).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “breach” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.