See breach in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
breach infraction violation transgression trespass infringement
These nouns denote an act or instance of breaking a law or regulation or failing to fulfill a duty, obligation, or promise. Breach and infraction are the least specific: Revealing the secret would be a breach of trust. Infractions of the rules will not be tolerated.
A violation is committed willfully and with complete lack of regard for legal, moral, or ethical considerations: In violation of her contract, she failed to appear.
Transgression most often applies to divine or moral law: “The children shall not be punished for the father's transgression” (Daniel Defoe).
Trespass implies willful intrusion on another's rights, possessions, or person: “In the limited and confined sense [trespass] signifies no more than an entry on another man's ground without a lawful authority” (William Blackstone).
Infringement is most frequently used to denote encroachment on another's rights: “Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom” (William Pitt the Younger).
See breach in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
An opening, especially in a solid structure:
break, gap, hole, perforation, rupture. See openAn act or instance of breaking a law or regulation or of nonfulfillment of an obligation or promise, for example:
contravention, infraction, infringement, transgression, trespass, violation. See rightAn interruption in friendly relations:
alienation, break, disaffection, estrangement, fissure, rent2, rift, rupture, schism, split. See assemble, help
verb
To make a hole or other opening in:
break (through), gap, hole, perforate, pierce, puncture. See openTo fail to fulfill (a promise) or conform to (a regulation):
break, contravene, infringe, transgress, violate. See do
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