Definition of breach

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Breach (n.) The act of breaking, in a figurative sense..

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Breachy :: Breachy (a.) Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly; as, breachy cattle..
Breach :: Breach (n.) Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise..
Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. t.) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot..
Breach :: Breach (n.) The act of breaking, in a figurative sense..
Breach :: Breach (n.) A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture..
Wound :: Wound (n.) A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the like..
Schismatize :: Schismatize (v. i.) To take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.
Crack :: Crack (n.) Breach of chastity.
Condonation :: Condonation (n.) Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated..
Traitorous :: Traitorous (a.) Consisting in treason; partaking of treason; implying breach of allegiance; as, a traitorous scheme..
Burst :: Burst (n.) A rupture or hernia; a breach.
Flaw :: Flaw (n.) A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase..
Breach :: Breach (n.) A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf..
Screed :: Screed (n.) A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds..
Gap :: Gap (n.) An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass..
Patch :: Patch (n.) A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc..
Widen :: Widen (v. t.) To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking..
Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses..
Cicatrix :: Cicatrix (n.) The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar..
Breach :: Breach (v. i.) To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale..
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