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Synonyms: breach, infraction, violation, transgression, trespass, infringementThese nouns denote an act or instance of breaking a law or regulation or of failing to fulfill a duty, obligation, or promise. Breach and infraction are the least specific; when applied to lawbreaking they may imply a relatively minor offense, but they are also widely used in nonlegal contexts: Revealing the secret would be a breach of trust. Their behavior amounted to an infraction of the unwritten social code. Violation generally applies to the breaking of an explicit law or rule ( a traffic violation; a violation of international law); it can also imply a failing to follow a moral or ethical standard: a violation of human rights; a violation of one's privacy. Transgression and trespass most often apply to divine or moral law: 'She had said that the transgression was all the more shocking because the official was charged with enforcing federal laws against sexual harassment' (Jane Mayer and Jill Abramson). 'The act of torture is such an extreme trespass against the laws of war that it may seem beside the point to wonder whether any other forms of wrongdoing have been carried out' (Elaine Scarry).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). Breach ( briːtʃ).
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40 synonyms of breach from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, plus 90 related words, definitions, and antonyms. Find another word for breach. Simple past tense and past participle of breach. Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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Syn:, all denote an act of breaking or disregarding a legal or moral code. Is most often used of a legal offense, but it may refer to the breaking of any code of conduct: breach of contract; breach of etiquette. Most often refers to the breaking of clearly formulated rules or laws: an infraction of regulations.
Often suggests a willful, forceful refusal to obey: done in violation of instructions. Breach - The leap of a whale out of the water or the breaking of waves over a vessel or onto a coast; it is also the act of breaking. See also related terms for.
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