Breach

·noun A bruise; a wound.

II. Breach ·noun A hernia; a rupture.

III. Breach ·noun The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

IV. Breach ·noun A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.

V. Breach ·noun A breaking out upon; an Assault.

VI. Breach ·vi To break the water, as by leaping out;

— said of a whale.

VII. Breach ·vt To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city.

VIII. Breach ·noun A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf.

IX. Breach ·noun 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.

X. Breach ·noun 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.