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Quick definitions from WordNet (lapse)
▸ noun: a break or intermission in the occurrence of something ("A lapse of three weeks between letters")
▸ noun: a failure to maintain a higher state
▸ noun: a mistake resulting from inattention
▸ verb: let slip ("He lapsed his membership")
▸ verb: end, at least for a long time ("The correspondence lapsed")
▸ verb: drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
▸ verb: pass by ("Three years elapsed")
▸ verb: go back to bad behavior
▸ verb: pass into a specified state or condition
▸ Also see lapsing
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▸ noun: a break or intermission in the occurrence of something ("A lapse of three weeks between letters")
▸ noun: a failure to maintain a higher state
▸ noun: a mistake resulting from inattention
▸ verb: let slip ("He lapsed his membership")
▸ verb: end, at least for a long time ("The correspondence lapsed")
▸ verb: drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
▸ verb: pass by ("Three years elapsed")
▸ verb: go back to bad behavior
▸ verb: pass into a specified state or condition
▸ Also see lapsing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to lapse
▸ Usage examples for lapse
▸ Idioms related to lapse (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing lapse
▸ Words that often appear near lapse
▸ Rhymes of lapse
▸ Invented words related to lapse