Definition of breach
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard
a breach of trust sued them for breach of contract
2a : 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 once more unto the breach, dear friends, … or close the wall up with our English dead— Shakespeare
3a : a break in accustomed friendly relations
caused a breach between the two countries
b : a temporary gap in continuity : hiatus a breach of routine
4 : a leap especially of a whale out of water
breach
verbbreached; breaching; breaches
Definition of breach (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : to make a gap in by battering : to make a breach (see breach entry 1 sense 2b) in
breached the castle wall
: to leap out of water
a whale breaching
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The first known use of breach was in the 14th century
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