• v.
    ⦿act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
    lexical concept
  • break a law
  • break a promise
  • offend all laws of humanity
  • violate the basic laws or human civilization

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
lexinfo:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:breach
  2. enl:break
  3. enl:go against
  4. enl:infract
  5. enl:offend
  6. enl:transgress
  7. enl:violate
wn:interlingual indexili:i34525

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • breachbreakgo againstinfractoffendtransgressviolate
  • infract