Breach

//bɹiːtʃ//

Synonyms for "breach" (235 found)

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Closest matches (47)

Strong matches (71)

Related words (117)

gulf gully heavy sin hiatus hole impropriety incise incision indiscretion inexpiable sin infract infraction infringe infringement iniquity injury injustice interim intermission interruption

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Verb(4 words)

infract offend transgress violate

Noun(3 words)

severance surf surge

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

9 entries

breakup detachment disrespect failure gap open open up opening separation

Synonyms

5 entries

break gap rift rupture transgress

derived

29 entries

anticipatory breach breach of confidence breach of contract breach of promise breach of the peace breach of trust breachable breacher breachful breachless breachy cyberbreach data breach faithbreach grithbreach honor in the breach

Showing 16 of 29 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

break

has context

3 entries

computing legal nautical

is a

5 entries

breaking event failure opening television episode

related to

34 entries

amicable break breaking bruise clear coastal compression crime defence difference exploit falling out fortification gap hernia http

Showing 16 of 34 words.

Translations

152 translations across 31 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

خَرْق noun (break of a law or obligation)

Bulgarian

4 entries

нарушение noun (break of a law or obligation)
прибой noun (breaking of waves)
пробив noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
разбиване на вълни noun (breaking of waves)

Catalan

1 entries

bretxa noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)

Czech

1 entries

porušení noun (break of a law or obligation)

Dutch

4 entries

branding noun (breaking of waves)
breken noun (figuratively: the act of breaking)
breken noun (breaking of waves)
bres noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)

Esperanto

2 entries

breĉo noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
breĉi verb (to make a breach in)

Estonian

1 entries

rikkuma verb (to violate or break)

Finnish

4 entries

hyökkäys noun (assault)
murros noun (figuratively: the act of breaking)
murtuma noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
murtuminen noun (breaking of waves)

French

4 entries

bris noun (break of a law or obligation)
brouille noun (breaking up of amicable relations)
brèche noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
infraction noun (break of a law or obligation)

German

4 entries

Brechen noun (breaking of waves)
Bresche noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
Bruch noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
Bruch noun (figuratively: the act of breaking)

Hindi

3 entries

उल्लंघन noun (break of a law or obligation)
दरार noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
विच्छेद noun (breaking up of amicable relations)

Hungarian

4 entries

elhidegülés noun (breaking up of amicable relations)
hasadás noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
hasadék noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
hullámtörés noun (breaking of waves)

Ido

2 entries

brecho noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
brechizar verb (to make a breach in)

Indonesian

1 entries

wanprestasi noun (break of a law or obligation)

Irish

2 entries

bearna noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
bearna bhaoil noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)

Italian

4 entries

breccia noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
breccia noun (figuratively: the act of breaking)
infrazione noun (break of a law or obligation)
violazione noun (break of a law or obligation)

Malayalam

2 entries

വിടവ് noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
വിള്ളൽ noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)

Māori

4 entries

mokotawhā noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
puapua noun (breaking of waves)
takahanga noun (break of a law or obligation)
takahitanga noun (break of a law or obligation)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

overtredelse noun (break of a law or obligation)

Occitan

2 entries

ruptura noun (breaking up of amicable relations)
violacion noun (break of a law or obligation)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

فرج noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)

Polish

4 entries

naruszenie noun (figuratively: the act of breaking)
naruszenie noun (break of a law or obligation)
wyrwa noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
wyłom noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)

Portuguese

4 entries

brecha noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
brecha noun (figuratively: the act of breaking)
fissura noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
infração noun (break of a law or obligation)

Romanian

2 entries

breșă noun (figuratively: the act of breaking)
încălcare noun (break of a law or obligation)

Russian

4 entries

брешь noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
наруше́ние noun (figuratively: the act of breaking)
наруше́ние noun (break of a law or obligation)
невыполне́ние noun (figuratively: the act of breaking)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

briseadh noun (figuratively: the act of breaking)
briseadh noun (break of a law or obligation)
briseadh noun (breaking up of amicable relations)

Spanish

4 entries

adentramiento noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
batería noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
boquete noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
brecha noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)

Swedish

1 entries

bräsch noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)

Tagalog

2 entries

pagtatalusira noun (break of a law or obligation)
talusira noun (break of a law or obligation)

Turkish

4 entries

boşluk noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
kanun dışı iş yapmak noun (break of a law or obligation)
kırmak noun (figuratively: the act of breaking)
saldırı noun (assault)

Walloon

4 entries

schiråde noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
schård noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)
sketaedje noun (figuratively: the act of breaking)
trô noun (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering)

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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Mr Smith is accused of breach of contract.

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They made a breach in the wall.

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The former president of a certain association has been arrested on suspicion of breach of trust.

Source: tatoeba (328381)

It is a custom more honored in the breach than the observance.

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