Nonbreaching


[breech] /britʃ/

noun
1.
the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
2.
an infraction or violation, as of a law, trust, faith, or promise.
3.
a gap made in a wall, fortification, line of soldiers, etc.; rift; fissure.
4.
a severance of friendly relations.
5.
the leap of a whale above the surface of the water.
6.
Archaic. the breaking of waves; the dashing of surf.
7.
Obsolete. 1 .
verb (used with object)
8.
to make a breach or opening in.
9.
to break or act contrary to (a law, promise, etc.).
verb (used without object)
10.
(of a whale) to leap partly or completely out of the water, head first, and land on the back or belly with a resounding splash.
/briːtʃ/
noun
1.
a crack, break, or rupture
2.
a breaking, infringement, or violation of a promise, obligation, etc
3.
any severance or separation: there was a breach between the two factions of the party
4.
a gap in an enemy’s fortifications or line of defence created by bombardment or attack
5.
the act of a whale in breaking clear of the water
6.
the breaking of sea waves on a shore or rock
7.
an obsolete word for wound1
verb
8.
(transitive) to break through or make an opening, hole, or incursion in
9.
(transitive) to break a promise, law, etc
10.
(intransitive) (of a whale) to break clear of the water
n.

Old English bryce “breach, fracture, a breaking,” from brecan (see break), influenced by Old French breche “breach, opening, gap,” from Frankish; both from Proto-Germanic *brecho, *bræko “broken,” from PIE root *bhreg- “to break” (see fraction). Figurative sense of “a breaking of rules, etc.” was in Old English Breach of contract is at least from 1660s.
v.

1570s, from breach (n.). Related: Breached; breaching.

an opening in a wall (1 Kings 11:27; 2 Kings 12:5); the fracture of a limb (Lev. 24:20), and hence the expression, “Heal, etc.” (Ps. 60:2). Judg. 5:17, a bay or harbour; R.V., “by his creeks.”

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