breach (
http://definr.com/breach)
n 1: a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
2: an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
3: a personal or social separation (as between opposing
factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
[syn:
rupture,
break,
severance,
rift, {falling
out}]
v 1: act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of
humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human
civilization"; "break a law" [syn:
transgress,
offend,
infract,
violate,
go against,
break]
2: make an opening or gap in [syn:
gap]