All 3 Uses of
breach
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- This made a breach between us; and, when he returned again to London, he let me know he thought I had cancell'd all the obligations he had been under to me.†
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- …from each partner, so that there was nothing to dispute, which precaution I would therefore recommend to all who enter into partnerships; for, whatever esteem partners may have for, and confidence in each other at the time of the contract, little jealousies and disgusts may arise, with ideas of inequality in the care and burden of the business, etc., which are attended often with breach of friendship and of the connection, perhaps with lawsuits and other disagreeable consequences.†
- But the proprietaries were enraged at Governor Denny for having pass'd the act, and turn'd him out with threats of suing him for breach of instructions which he had given bond to observe.†
Definition:
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(breach) break -- as in break an understanding or a break (gap) in a wall