breach

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee /…

   A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.

   • "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead."
2. 2

   The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

   • But were the poet to make a total difression from his subject, and introduce a new actor, nowise connected with the personages, the imagination, feeling a breach in transition, would enter coldly into the new scene;
3. 3

   A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie

   A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.

   • breach of promise
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   1. 4

      A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.

      • There's fallen between him and my lord / An unkind breach.
   2. 5

      A difference in opinions, social class, etc.

   3. 6

      A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence

      A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves.

      • A clear breach is when the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. A clean breach is when everything on deck is swept away.
      • And Dauid came to Baal-Perazim, and Daiud ſmote them there, and ſaid, The Lord hath broken foorth vpon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters.
      • I cast my eye to the stranded vessel, when, the breach and froth of the sea being so big, I could hardly see it, it lay so far of; and considered, Lord! how was it possible I could get on shore.
   4. 7

      A breaking out upon

      A breaking out upon; an assault.

      • And Dauid was diſpleaſed, becauſe the Lord had made a breach vpon Uzza; wherefore that place is called Perez-Uzza, to this day.
   5. 8

      A bruise

      A bruise; a wound.

      • An vncouth paine torments my grieued ſoule, And death arreſts the organe of my voyce. Who entring at the breach thy ſword hath made, Sackes euery vaine and artier of my heart, […]
      • Breach, for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath cauſed a blemiſh in a man, ſo ſhall it be done to him againe.
   6. 9

      A hernia

      A hernia; a rupture.

   7. 10

      To make a breach in.

      • They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.
   8. 11

      To violate or break.

      • breach an agreement
      • breach an accord
      • "I therefore agree with the Court that the Government did breach its contract with petitioners in failing to approve, within 30 days of its receipt, the plan of exploration petitioners submitted."
   9. 12

      To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.

      • On this occasion, the damage was far more serious. The sea wall was breached completely for a distance of over 50 yd., and the gap had to be bridged by a temporary timber viaduct.
   10. 13

       To suffer a breach.

       • Picard: We don't have time for this! The Pasteur’s core is going to breach!
   11. 14

       To leap out of the water.

   12. 15

       To charge, convict or take legal action against someone due to not meeting a legal…

       To charge, convict or take legal action against someone due to not meeting a legal obligation.

       • However, you can breach your landlord if the maintenance item is considered an emergency repair under the terms of your lease.
       • Tenants have a right to breach a landlord for a failure to undertake necessary maintenance.
   13. 16

       A particular security exploit against HTTPS when using HTTP compression, based on the…

       A particular security exploit against HTTPS when using HTTP compression, based on the CRIME exploit.

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• synonymbreak
• synonymgap
• synonymrift
• synonymrupture