Lapse
nounlæps
Noun
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
“a lapse of three weeks between letters”
Type of:SuspensionIntermissionInterruptiona mistake resulting from inattention
Similar:OversightType of:MistakeFaultErrora failure to maintain a higher state
Type of:Failure
Verb
pass by
“three years elapsed”
end, at least for a long time
“The correspondence lapsed”
Type of:StopFinishCeaselet slip
“He lapsed his membership”
Type of:WaiveForegoForfeitpass into a specified state or condition
go back to bad behavior
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
Similar:BackslideType of:Slip
Dictionary Validity
- Tournament Word List (TWL)
- Scrabble US
- Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
- Scrabble UK
- ENABLE Dictionary
- Words With Friends
- Combined US/UK Scrabble Dictionary
- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA