failure to keep a promise

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• Failure — Fail ure, n. [From {Fail}.] 1. Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops. [1913 Webster] 2. Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise. [1913 Webster] 3. Want of success;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• breach of promise — noun failure to keep a promise (of marriage) • Hypernyms: ↑breach of contract * * * : violation of one s plighted word, especially of a promise to marry * * * Law. a violation of one s promise, esp. of a promise to marry a specific person. [1580… …   Useful english dictionary

• breach of promise — breaking of a promise, failure to keep a promise …   English contemporary dictionary

• Breach of promise — Breach Breach (br[=e]ch), n. [OE. breke, breche, AS. brice, gebrice, gebrece (in comp.), fr. brecan to break; akin to Dan. br[ae]k, MHG. breche, gap, breach. See {Break}, and cf. {Brake} (the instrument), {Brack} a break] . 1. The act of breaking …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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• assumpsit — /euh sump sit/, n. Law. 1. a legal action for a breach of contract or promise not under seal. 2. an actionable promise. [1605 15; < L: he has taken upon himself, he has undertaken] * * * (Latin: he has undertaken ) In common law, an action to… …   Universalium

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• faithless — adjective Date: 14th century 1. not true to allegiance or duty ; treacherous, disloyal < a faithless servant > 2. not to be relied on ; untrustworthy < a faithless tool > • faithlessly adverb • faithlessness …   New Collegiate Dictionary