breach
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5.2
- noun
- /briːtʃ/
:
ruptura
- Since our relationship with ourselves underpins all others, how can I begin to heal this breach within myself?
- breach of trust
- widen the breach
- breach of faith
It's the lying and things like potentially cheating and other breaches of trust.
- It's the lying and things like potentially cheating and other breaches of trust.
- Julia Child had a lot to do with healing that breach both her eminence, her personality and her generosity.
Examples
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At a minimum, this would appear to be a breach of trust by the BBC Trustees.
Blog text (32) -
What makes this so much worse is the breach of trust associated with it.
Blog text (14) -
This was a massive breach in their agreement.
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One breach of a social order could cost them all their lives.
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This is a breach of trust, Alan.
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This could be a serious ethical breach here.
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You've committed a breach of the peace.
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I cannot understand this sudden breach of the truce.
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There was a certain incivility, a breach in some important element of the social contract.
Fiction book (1993) -
The breach in our friendship was caused by a misunderstanding that escalated quickly.
Synonyms
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6.0
A strong disagreement between groups that causes tension
89
3.4
An ending of a relationship or cooperation after disagreement
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6.9
An end to a connection between people or groups
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5.4
A serious break between people or groups that causes conflict
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4.4
A disagreement that ends or weakens a relationship
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7.1
A serious break between people or groups that causes a lack of trust
Antonyms
Idioms
4
8.2
To step forward and help in a difficult situation when others cannot or will not
- Literature
To try again to face a difficult situation even after failing before
Compounds
- Formal
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3.6
Failure to do what a contract requires, for example not delivering goods or not paying
- Formal
6
8.2
A serious failure to follow a contract that lets the other side end it or claim money
- Archaic
1
9.5
Failing to keep a promise to marry someone that can lead to a court case
- Formal
1
9.9
A person or company saying before the agreed time that they will not do what the contract says
A crime of illegally taking money or things someone gave you to look after and keeping them for yourself
- Formal
A seller that does not keep a promise that something bought will work or be repaired
Failure by a seller to keep a promise that the buyer can own the property without debts or claims
- Formal
When one side makes a contract impossible to carry out before it is due
- Jargon
A break of a contract that does not end it but lets the harmed person ask for money
How Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Breach comes from the idea of a 'break' between people, from an Old English word related to break. So a breach in relations is a separation or gap that causes tension or conflict.