breach
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
breach/briːtʃ/
▶noun
- 1 an act of breaking a law, agreement, or code of conduct.
■ a break in relations.
- 2 a gap in a wall or barrier, especially one made by an attacking army.
- 1 make a breach in.
- 2 break (a law, agreement, or code of conduct).
– phrases
breach of the peace public disturbance, or an act considered likely to cause one.
breach of promise the action of breaking a sworn assurance.
step into the breach replace someone who is suddenly unable to do a job.
breach of the peace public disturbance, or an act considered likely to cause one.
breach of promise the action of breaking a sworn assurance.
step into the breach replace someone who is suddenly unable to do a job.
'breach' also found in these Oxford entries:
affray
- enforcement notice
- negligence
- rupture
- saltus
- solecism
- Trojan Horse
- warranty
- wash
- washout
- wedge
