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breach has 11 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
“they hoped to avoid a break in relations”
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
“offend all laws of humanity”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for breach come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.