The Meaning of breach

• (n.) The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
• (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.
• (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.
• (n.) A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf.
• (n.) A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.
• (n.) A bruise; a wound.
• (n.) A hernia; a rupture.
• (n.) A breaking out upon; an assault.
• (v. t.) To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city.
• (v. i.) To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale.

Synonyms

rupture , break , severance , rift , falling out , transgress , offend , infract , violate , go against , break , gap

Antonyms

keep

Homophones

breech

Rhymes

beach , beech , beseech , bleach , breech , cheech , creach , creech , each , impeach , inspeech , keach , keech , keetch , leach , leech , leetch , leitch , microfiche , outreach , overreach , peach , piech , pietsch , pleach , preach , reach , reeche , screech , speech , swiech , teach , veatch , veech , weech , wiech