Which word means to break a law or a promise?

• A. Disregard
• B. Violate
• C. Sanitary
• D. Premises

Answer: (B)

To describe the act of breaking a rule, law, or promise, you use the word violate. It directly expresses crossing or failing to comply with an obligation. You violate a law, you violate a contract, or you violate a promise. For example: “If you drive past the speed limit, you violate the law.” and “If you promise to finish the work and don’t, you violate your promise.”

Disregard means to ignore something, which can lead to breaking rules but isn’t itself about the act of breaking a law or promise. Sanitary is about cleanliness, not rules. Premises can mean a building or property, or a statement in an argument, not the act of breaking an obligation. So the word that most precisely captures the idea is violate.