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Meaning of breach

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  breach
      n 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" [syn:
         {rupture}, {breach}, {break}, {severance}, {rift}, {falling
         out}]
      v 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" [syn:
           {transgress}, {offend}, {infract}, {violate}, {go against},
           {breach}, {break}] [ant: {keep}, {observe}]
      2: make an opening or gap in [syn: {gap}, {breach}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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