Lapse

noun
læps

Noun

  • a break or intermission in the occurrence of something

    a lapse of three weeks between letters

    Type of:SuspensionIntermissionInterruption
  • a mistake resulting from inattention

    Similar:Oversight
    Type of:MistakeFaultError
  • a failure to maintain a higher state

    Similar:BackslidingLapsingRelapseRelapsingReversion
    Type of:Failure

Verb

  • pass by

    three years elapsed

    Similar:ElapsePass
    Type of:AdvanceProgress
  • end, at least for a long time

    The correspondence lapsed

    Type of:StopFinishCease
  • let slip

    He lapsed his membership

    Type of:WaiveForegoForfeit
  • pass into a specified state or condition

    Similar:PassSink
    Type of:Move
  • go back to bad behavior

    Similar:RecidivateRegressRelapseRetrogress
    Type of:RevertRegressRetrovert
  • drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

    Similar:Backslide
    Type of:Slip

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