breach
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Definitions
                    Noun
                    
                a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
                
                    Noun
                    
                an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
                
                    Noun
                    
                a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
                
                    Verb
                    
                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"
                
                    Verb
                    
            make an opening or gap in
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                    blunder
                    boob
                    breach of contract
                    breach of duty
                    conflict
                    contravene
                    drop the ball
                    goof
                    infringe
                    intrude
                    run afoul
                    schism
                    sin
                    transgress
                    trespass