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A lease, like any other contract, can be "broken" if you're willing to risk having to pay damages to the other party. Your lease may include specific provisions that require notice and perhaps a bond to cover rent for some period during which the landlord will attempt to find a replacement tenant.

Even without breach provisions, you can break a lease at any time, be nice about it, work with the landlord, and hope it does not cost you more than the value of the whole lease (damages, lawyer's fees, etc).

Bottom line, if it is more economical to breach a contract than to continue paying for something you no longer need, then it makes sense to break the lease.

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