The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BREACH which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Violate, as etiquette crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BREACH | 100 % | 6 |
Why may BREACH be the right solution?
The word "breach" means to break or violate a law, rule, or agreement. In the context of the clue, etiquette is a set of rules for polite behavior in society, and to violate or break those rules would be to "breach" etiquette.
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Crossword Answer definitions
BREACH noun- A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence
- A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.
- A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves
- A breaking out upon; an assault.
- A bruise; a wound.
- A hernia; a rupture.
- A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment
- A difference in opinions, social class etc.
- The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
- To make a breach in.
- To violate or break.
- (of the sea) To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
- (of a whale) To leap out of the water.
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