Breach and Offence

Breach

Breach noun - A failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation.

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Offence and breach are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Offence" instead a noun "Breach".

Nearby Words: break, breaking, breached, breaching

Offence noun - A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others.

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Breach and offence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Breach" instead a noun "Offence".

Nearby Words: offensive, offend, offender, offensively

blatant	blatant breach	blatant offence
severe	severe breach	severe offence
massive	massive breach	massive offence
serious	serious breach	serious offence
Other adjectives: decent, new, major, incredible, minor, slightest, significant, worst, bigger, biggest.

The TV adaptation, produced after the breach of promise doctrine was abolished, replaces these references with Jeeves simply trying to avoid offence to the parties involved or being under threat of violence rather than legal action.

Source: Breach of Promise of Marriage

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