Meanings
nounbreach of contract (countable and uncountable, plural breaches of contract)
plural breaches of contract
- countableuncountablelawA failure to meet an obligation under the terms of a contract.
Translations
Arabic خرق العقد
- خرق العقد (ḵarq al-ʕaqd)failure to perform
Bulgarian нарушение на договор, неизпълнение на договор
- нарушение на договор (narušenie na dogovor)failure to perform
- неизпълнение на договор (neizpălnenie na dogovor)failure to perform
Chinese Mandarin 違約 /违约
- 違約 /违约 (wéiyuē)failure to perform
Danish kontraktbrud
- kontraktbrudfailure to perform
Dutch contractbreuk, wanprestatie
- contractbreukfailure to perform
- wanprestatiefailure to perform
Estonian lepingu murdmine
- lepingu murdminefailure to perform
Finnish sopimusrikkomus
- sopimusrikkomusfailure to perform
French rupture de contrat, inexécution contractuelle
- rupture de contratfailure to perform
- inexécution contractuellefailure to perform
German Vertragsverletzung, Vertragsbruch
- Vertragsverletzungfailure to perform
- Vertragsbruchfailure to perform
Hungarian szerződésszegés
- szerződésszegésfailure to perform
Italian violazione di contratto, inadempienza contrattuale
- violazione di contrattofailure to perform
- inadempienza contrattualefailure to perform
Japanese 違約
- 違約 (iyaku)failure to perform
Korean 계약위반
- 계약위반 (gyeyakwiban)failure to perform
Norwegian Bokmål kontraktsbrudd
- kontraktsbruddfailure to perform
Polish naruszenie umowy
- naruszenie umowyfailure to perform
Portuguese inadimplência, inadimplemento
- inadimplênciafailure to perform
- inadimplementofailure to perform
- incumprimentofailure to perform
Russian наруше́ние контра́кта, наруше́ние догово́ра
- наруше́ние контра́кта (narušénije kontrákta)failure to perform
- наруше́ние догово́ра (narušénije dogovóra)failure to perform
Spanish incumplimiento de contrato
- incumplimiento de contratofailure to perform
Swahili uvunjaji wa mkataba
- uvunjaji wa mkatabafailure to perform
Swedish avtalsbrott
- avtalsbrottfailure to perform
Tagalog talusira sa kasunduan
- talusira sa kasunduanfailure to perform
Welsh torcontract
- torcontractfailure to perform
Cite this entry
APA
breach of contract. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breach%20of%20contract
MLA
“breach of contract.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breach%20of%20contract. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “breach of contract,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breach%20of%20contract.
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