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breach
n. [OE. breke, breche, AS. brice, gebrice, gebrece (in comp.), fr. brecan to break; akin to Dan. brk, MHG. breche, gap, breach. See Break, and cf. Brake (the instrument), Brack a break]1. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. ()
2. Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise. ()
3. A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture. ()
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. (Shak.)
4. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf. ()
The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. (2 Sam. v. 20.)
A clear breach implies that the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. -- A clean breach implies that everything on deck is swept away. Ham. Nav. Encyc. ()
5. A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture. ()
There's fallen between him and my lord An unkind breach. (Shak.)
6. A bruise; a wound. ()
Breach for breach, eye for eye. (Lev. xxiv. 20.)
7. (Med.) A hernia; a rupture. ()
8. A breaking out upon; an assault. ()
The Lord had made a breach upon Uzza. (1. Chron. xiii. 11.)
Breach of falth, a breaking, or a failure to keep, an expressed or implied promise; a betrayal of confidence or trust. -- Breach of peace, disorderly conduct, disturbing the public peace. -- Breach of privilege, an act or default in violation of the privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing before a committee. Mozley. Abbott. ()
- Breach of promise, violation of one's plighted word, esp. of a promise to marry. -- Breach of trust, violation of one's duty or faith in a matter entrusted to one. ()
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v. t. To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city. ()
v. i. To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale. ()


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