mindmap root((违反)) breach implies failure to keep a promise: sued for ~ of contract. infraction usually implies the breaking of a law or obligation: an ~ of the school rules. violation implies the flagrant disregard of the law or the rights of others and often suggests the exercise of force or violence: the police interference was a ~ of the right to assembly. transgression often with a moral connotation, applies to any act that goes beyond the limits prescribed by law, rule, or order: censured for repeated financial ~s. trespass implies an encroachment upon the rights, the comfort, or the property of others: a would-be buglar who was arrested for ~. infringement implies an encroachment upon a legally protected right or privilege: any unauthorized reproduction constitutes an ~ of the book's copyright.