breach

breach  (brch)

n.

1.

a. An opening, a tear, or a rupture.

b. A gap or rift, especially in or as if in a solid structure such as a dike or fortification.

2. A violation or infraction, as of a law, a legal obligation, or a promise.

3. A breaking up or disruption of friendly relations; an estrangement.

4. A leap of a whale from the water.

5. The breaking of waves or surf.

v. breached, breach·ing, breach·es

v.tr.

1. To make a hole or gap in; break through.

2. To break or violate (an agreement, for example).

v.intr.

To leap from the water: waiting for the whale to breach.

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[Middle English breche, from Old English brc; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: breach, infraction, violation, transgression, trespass, infringement
These nouns denote an act or instance of breaking a law or regulation or failing to fulfill a duty, obligation, or promise. Breach and infraction are the least specific: Revealing the secret would be a breach of trust. Infractions of the rules will not be tolerated.
A violation is committed willfully and with complete lack of regard for legal, moral, or ethical considerations: In violation of her contract, she failed to appear.
Transgression most often applies to divine or moral law: "The children shall not be punished for the father's transgression" (Daniel Defoe).
Trespass implies willful intrusion on another's rights, possessions, or person: "In the limited and confined sense [trespass] signifies no more than an entry on another man's ground without a lawful authority" (William Blackstone).
Infringement is most frequently used to denote encroachment on another's rights: "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom" (William Pitt the Younger).

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breach [briːtʃ]

n

1. a crack, break, or rupture

2. a breaking, infringement, or violation of a promise, obligation, etc

3. any severance or separation there was a breach between the two factions of the party

4. (Military) a gap in an enemy's fortifications or line of defence created by bombardment or attack

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the act of a whale in breaking clear of the water

6. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) the breaking of sea waves on a shore or rock

7. (Medicine / Pathology) an obsolete word for wound¹

vb

1. (tr) to break through or make an opening, hole, or incursion in

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (tr) to break a promise, law, etc

3. (intr) (of a whale) to break clear of the water

[Old English bræc; influenced by Old French brèche, from Old High German brecha, from brechan to break]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	breach - a failure to perform some promised act or obligation failure - an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes" breach of contract - a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract breach of duty - a breach of due care
	2.	breach - an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification) opening, gap - an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"
	3.	breach - a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" falling out, severance, rupture, rift, break schism - the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences breakup, separation, detachment - coming apart
Verb	1.	breach - 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" infract, transgress, violate, offend, go against, break disrespect - show a lack of respect for sin, transgress, trespass - commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sin - commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview" contravene, infringe, run afoul, conflict - go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" trespass - break the law trespass, intrude - enter unlawfully on someone's property; "Don't trespass on my land!"
	2.	breach - make an opening or gap in gap open, open up - cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door"

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breach

verb

1. break, violate, go against, flout, infringe, contravene, disobey, fly in the face of, transgress, fail to comply with The film breached the criminal libel laws.

2. break through, split, rupture, burst through Fire may have breached the cargo tanks and set the oil ablaze.

noun

1. nonobservance, abuse, violation, infringement, trespass, disobedience, transgression, contravention, infraction, noncompliance The congressman was accused of a breach of secrecy laws.
nonobservance performance, honouring, observation, discharge, compliance, fulfilment, adherence to

2. disagreement, difference, division, separation, falling-out (informal), quarrel, alienation, variance, severance, disaffection, schism, parting of the ways, estrangement, dissension the breach between Tito and Stalin

3. opening, crack, break, hole, split, gap, rent, rift, rupture, aperture, chasm, cleft, fissure A large battering ram hammered a breach in the wall.

Quotations
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more" [William Shakespeare Henry V]

see breech

Translations

breach [briːtʃ]

A. N

1. (= violation) [of law etc] → violación f, infracción f
breach of confidence or faith → abuso m de confianza
breach of contract → incumplimiento m de contrato
to be in breach of a rule → incumplir una regla
breach of the peace (Jur) → perturbación f del orden público
breach of privilege (Parl) → abuso m del privilegio parlamentario
breach of promise → incumplimiento m de la palabra de casamiento
breach of security → fallo m de seguridad

2. (= gap) (in wall, Mil) → brecha f
to fill the breach; step into the breach → llenar el vacío

3. (= estrangement) → ruptura f; (between friends) (= act) → rompimiento m de relaciones; (= state) → desavenencia f
to heal the breach → hacer las paces

B. VT

1. [+ defences, wall] → abrir brecha en

2. [+ security] → poner en peligro

C. VI [whale] → salir a la superficie

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breach [ˈbriːtʃ]

vt

[+ defences] → ouvrir une brèche dans

[+ agreement] → rompre

[+ law] → enfreindre

[+ promise] → manquer à

[+ security] → déjouer

[+ wall] → faire un trou dans

n

(= gap) → brèche f
to step into the breach (= take over)
I was persuaded to step into the breach temporarily → On m'a convaincu de prendre la relève à titre temporaire.

(= estrangement) → brouille f breach of contract, breach of security, breach of the peace, breach of trust
breach of contract n → rupture f de contrat
breach of security n → manquement m au règles de sécurité
breach of the peace n → atteinte f à l'ordre public
breach of trust n → abus m de confiance

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breach

n

→ Verletzung f (→ of +gen), → Verstoß m → (of gegen); (of law) → Übertretung f (→ of +gen), → Verstoß m; a breach of confidence/contract/faith → ein Vertrauens-/Vertrags-/Vertrauensbruch m; a breach of law → ein Rechtsbruch m; a breach of rule → eine Regelwidrigkeit f; (Sport) → eine Regelverletzung f; a breach of security → ein Verstoß m → gegen die Sicherheitsbestimmungen; breach of the peace (Jur) → öffentliche Ruhestörung; breach of privilege → Privilegienmissbrauch m; breach of promise (Jur) → Bruch m → des Eheversprechens

(= estrangement: in friendship etc) → Bruch m

(= gap, in wall etc) → Bresche f, → Lücke f; (in security) → Lücke f; to make a breach in the enemy’s lines (Mil) → eine Bresche in die feindlichen Linien schlagen; to step into the breach (fig) → in die Bresche springen

vt

wall → eine Bresche schlagen in (+acc); defences, security → durchbrechen

contract, treaty → verletzen

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breach [briːtʃ]

1. n

a. (violation, of law) → violazione f; (of rules) → infrazione f; (of duty) → abuso

b. (gap, in wall) → apertura, varco (Mil) → breccia; (estrangement) → rottura

2. vt (defences) → far breccia in

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breach [briːtʃ]

1. n

a. (violation, of law) → violazione f; (of rules) → infrazione f; (of duty) → abuso

b. (gap, in wall) → apertura, varco (Mil) → breccia; (estrangement) → rottura

2. vt (defences) → far breccia in

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breach

n breach [briːtʃ]

1 a breaking (of a promise etc). breuk, verbreking نكث الوعد нарушение porušení brud der Bruch αθέτηση (υπόσχεσης κτλ.) incumplimiento murdmine, rikkumine نقض؛ تخلف rikkomus manquement à מְעִילָה, הֲפָרָה वादा इत्यादि तोड़ना lom megszegés pelanggaran brot, rof il venir meno 違反 위반, 파기 sulaužymas (likumu u.tml.) pārkāpšana, neievērošana mungkir janji breuk brudd złamanie falta încălcare нарушение porušenie kršitev prekršaj brytning, brytande การละเมิด (สัญญา) bozma, ihlâl 違反 порушення وعدہ خلافی sự thất hứa 违反

2 a gap, break or hole a breach in the castle wall; a breach in security. gat, breuk فجوة، ثغره пробив mezera, trhlina, porušení brud die Bresche ρήγμα, τρύπα brecha lõhe روزنه؛ رخنه aukko brèche, infraction פִּרצָה दरार pukotina rés celah skarð, rof, geil breccia, varco 裂け目 갈라진 틈 spraga caurums; robs lubang gat, bres kløft, revne, hull wyłom brecha spărtură, breşă пробоина, брешь prielom; porušenie razpoka, vrzel pukotina bräsch, hål รอยแตก gedik, yarık, çatlak 裂口 пролом; прорив چھید ، شگاف lỗ thủng 裂口

v

to make an opening in or break (someone's defence). breek, deurbreek يفتح ثغرة пробив prolomit bryde eine Bresche schlagen δημιουργώ ρήγμα, σπάω, παραβιάζω (π.χ. την άμυνα κπ.) abrir brecha en läbi murdma شکستن rikkoa ouvrir une brèche dans לִפרוֹץ दरार डालना prodrijeti rést üt mendobrak, menerobos rjúfa, gera skarð aprire una breccia 突き破る 돌파하다 pra(si)laužti izsist caurumu / robu; pārkāpt, neievērot (likumu u.tml.) memecahkan tembok een bres slaan bryte/trenge seg gjennom zrobić wyłom abrir brecha a face o spărtură/o breşă пробивать брешь prelomiť predreti, prebiti (se) probiti bryta igenom, slå en bräsch i ทำให้แตก gedik açmak 攻破(防衛) пробивати, проломлювати شگاف ڈالنا chọc thủng 使有缺口

breach of the peace

a riot, disturbance or public fight guilty of breach of the peace. rusverstoring, vredebreuk إخلال بالأمن العام пробивам rušení veřejného pořádku krænke den offentlige orden die öffentliche Ruhestörung διατάραξη της κοινής ειρήνης perturbación del orden público korrarikkumine بر هم زدن آرامش järjestysrikkomus attentat à l'ordre public לְהָפֵר शांति भंग izgred na javnom mjestu garázdaság huru-hara uppþot, óspektir violazione/turbamento dell'ordine pubblico 治安妨害 치안 방해 viešosios tvarkos (su)laužymas miera un sabiedriskās kārtības traucēšana pecah keamanan ordeverstoring forstyrrelse av offentlig ro og orden zakłócenie spokoju publicznego arruaça atentat la ordinea publică нарушение общественного порядка rušenie verejného poriadku kršitev javnega reda in miru narušavanje javnog mira brott mot (störande av) allmänna ordningen การจลาจล isyan, ayaklanma 擾亂治安的行為 порушення громадського спокою پھوٹ ڈالنا hành vi gây rối trật tự cộng cộng 扰乱治安的行为