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Synonyms of breach in English:

breach


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See Spanish definition of infracción

noun

1‘a clear breach of the Race Relations Act’

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contravention, violation, breaking, non-observance, infringement, transgression, neglect, dereliction
failure to observe, non-compliance with
Law infraction, delict

2‘a widening breach between government and Church’

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rift, gulf, chasm, division, difference, schism, disunion, estrangement, alienation, discord, dissension, disaffection
separation, split, break, break-up, parting, parting of the ways, severance, rupture
quarrel, falling-out
British informal bust-up
rare scission

3‘a breach in the sea wall’

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break, rupture, split, crack, fracture, rent, rift
opening, gap, hole, fissure, cleft, aperture

verb

1‘the river breached its bank’

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break, break through, burst, burst through, rupture, force itself through, split
informal bust

2‘the proposed changes breached trade union rules’

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break, contravene, violate, fail to comply with, infringe, transgress against
defy, disobey, flout, fly in the face of
Law infract