Failure to adequately fulfill an obligation.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
breach (noun)1.
infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard
2.
a) a broken, ruptured, or torn condition or area
b) a gap (as in a wall) made by battering
3.
a) a in accustomed friendly relations - break
b) a temporary gap in continuity - hiatus
4.
a leap especially of a whale out of water
transitive verb
1.
to make a breach in - breach a wall
2.
intransitive verb
- break violate breach an agreement to leap out of water - a whale breaching
