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Noun: breach  breech
  1. A failure to perform some promised act or obligation
     
  2. An opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
     
  3. A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
    "they hoped to avoid a breach in relations";
    - rupture, break, severance, rift, falling out
Verb: breach  breech
  1. Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
    "breach all laws of humanity";
    - transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, break
     
  2. Make an opening or gap in
    - gap

Sounds like: breech

Derived forms: breaches, breaching, breached

Type of: breakup, detachment, disrespect, failure, gap, open, open up, opening, separation

Encyclopedia: Breach, West Sussex