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1. : infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard. a breach of trust. sued them for breach of contract. 2. a. : a broken, ruptured, or torn condition or area. a breach of the skin. the leak was a major security breach. b. : a gap (as in a wall) made by battering. fixing a breach in the fence.
BREACH definition: 1. an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, or relationship: 2. (an example of) illegal noisy…. Learn more.
A breach is a physical break or rupture, as in the hull of a ship. It also means a violation or infraction, as in a breach of trust. It can also be used as a verb referring to the action that leads to each of these things. Breach is often used in phrases like security breach, data breach, breach of trust, breach of etiquette, and breach of ...
Oxford Collocations Dictionary. [countable] an opening that is created during a military attack or by strong winds or seas. They escaped through a breach in the wire fence. A breach in the mountain wall permits warm sea air to penetrate inland. The mortars blew a large breach in the castle walls.
BREACH meaning: 1 : a failure to do what is required by a law, an agreement, or a duty failure to act in a required or promised way usually + of; 2 : a break in friendly relations between people or groups often + between
A breach is a violation of a law, duty, or promise. If you'd contracted to mow your neighbor's lawn and don't do it, he can sue you for breach of contract. Or he can mow the lawn himself. Breach traces back to the Old English verb: brecan, "to break," which is what breach really means — "a breaking of something."
verb. /briːtʃ/ (formal) Verb Forms. breach something to not keep to an agreement or not keep a promise synonym break. The government is accused of breaching the terms of the treaty. A doctor was sacked for allegedly breaching patient confidentiality. The proposed changes breached trade union rules.
