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nouna mistake resulting from inattention
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verbpass into a specified state or conditiontype of:
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"three years elapsed"verbpass by
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verbgo back to bad behavior
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verbdrop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
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nouna failure to maintain a higher statetype of:
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"a lapse of three weeks between letters"nouna break or intermission in the occurrence of somethingtype of:
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"The correspondence lapsed"verbend, at least for a long time
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"He lapsed his membership"verblet slip
Synonyms & Similar Words
stop move end break return fault pass finish mistake fell fly progress advance failure slip sink error cease vanish pause suspension terminate forfeit interruption waive oversight relapse intermission revert forego regress forgo recidivism reversion elapse reverting backsliding relapsing backslide lapsing glide by go along go by slide by slip away slip by pass on move on march on go on fall back recidivate retrogress turn back retrovert drop away drop off fall away give up throw overboard