breach

n

1. break, rupture, fracture; cleft, split, cut, rent, rift; gap, opening, hole, gulf, void; chasm, crevice, fissure.

2. violation, transgression, contravention, infraction, infringement, nonobservance; offense, misdeed, misdemeanor, misfeasance, trespass.

3. schism, separation, disunion, falling-out, parting of the ways; discord, dissension, disagreement, friction, variance, conflict; hostility, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, ill will, bad blood; alienation, disaffection, estrangement.

v

4. open, open up, make an opening, break open, lay open, break through, gap, burst, Sl. bust; cleave, crack, split, fracture, rupture.

5. violate, transgress, trespass, contravene, infringe; defy, flaunt, make a mockery of, take the law into one's own hands.