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lapse

/læps/

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noun
a mistake resulting from inattention
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oversight

type of:
mistake fault error
verb
pass into a specified state or condition
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pass sink

type of:
move
verb
pass by
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"three years elapsed"

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elapse glide by go along go by pass slide by slip away slip by

type of:
pass on move on march on go on advance progress
verb
go back to bad behavior
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fall back recidivate regress relapse retrogress

type of:
revert turn back regress retrovert return
verb
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
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backslide

type of:
slip drop away drop off fall away
noun
a failure to maintain a higher state
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backsliding lapsing relapse relapsing reversion reverting

type of:
failure
noun
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
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"a lapse of three weeks between letters"

type of:
suspension intermission interruption pause break
verb
end, at least for a long time
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"The correspondence lapsed"

type of:
stop finish cease terminate end
verb
let slip
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"He lapsed his membership"

type of:
waive forego forfeit forgo give up throw overboard

Examples of lapse

"three years elapsed"
"a lapse of three weeks between letters"
"The correspondence lapsed"
"He lapsed his membership"