breach
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.” Breach of contract is a legal way of saying you broke a promise. If your great aunt Edna is a stickler for propriety, she may be horrified when you eat your meat with the salad fork, considering it a breach of good manners.
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an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
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a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
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break, falling out, rift, rupture, severance-
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schism
the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences
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breakup, detachment, separation
coming apart
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schism
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make an opening or gap in
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a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
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breach of contract
a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract
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breach of duty
a breach of due care
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anticipatory breach, constructive breach
a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance
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breach of the covenant of warranty
a failure of the seller’s guarantee of good title
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breach of promise
failure to keep a promise (of marriage)
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breach of trust
violation (either through fraud or negligence) by a trustee of a duty that equity requires of him
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breach of warranty
a breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warranty
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material breach
a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract
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partial breach
a breach that does not destroy the value of the contract but can give rise to a claim for damages
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failure
an unexpected omission
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act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
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synonyms:
break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate-
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sin, transgress, trespass
commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law
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blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sin
commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
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conflict, contravene, infringe, run afoul
go against, as of rules and laws
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trespass
break the law
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intrude, trespass
enter unlawfully on someone’s property
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fall
yield to temptation or sin
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break, break in
enter someone’s (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
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disrespect
show a lack of respect for