Defenition of the word lapse

• Defenition of the word lapse

  • A temporary failure.
  • a failure to maintain a higher state
  • pass by, as of time
  • a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters"
  • end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"
  • let slip; "He lapsed his membership"
  • drop to a lower level; as in one's morals or standards
  • a mistake resulting from inattention
  • go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
  • pass into a specified state or condition: "He sank into Nirvana"
  • drop to a lower level, as in one''s morals or standards
  • pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana"
  • pass by; "three years elapsed"
  • a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
  • go back to bad behavior
  • drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
  • end, at least for a long time
  • pass into a specified state or condition
  • pass by
  • let slip

Synonyms for the word lapse

• • backslide
  • backsliding
  • be given up
  • blunder
  • break
  • come to an end
  • delay
  • descend
  • drift
  • drop
  • elapse
  • end
  • error
  • fade
  • fail
  • failure
  • fall
  • fall back
  • falter
  • gap
  • glide by
  • go along
  • go by
  • interval
  • lapsing
  • mistake
  • momentary failure
  • oversight
  • pass
  • pass by
  • pause
  • recidivate
  • recidivism
  • regress
  • relapse
  • relapsing
  • retrogress
  • reversion
  • reverting
  • sink
  • slide
  • slide by
  • slip
  • slip away
  • slip by
  • slip-up
  • space
  • time lag
  • trail off
  • tumble
  • wait

Similar words in the lapse

• • lapse
  • lapse's
  • lapsed
  • lapses

Hyponyms for the word lapse

• • fell
  • fly
  • recidivism
  • vanish

Hypernyms for the word lapse

• • advance
  • break
  • cease
  • drop away
  • drop off
  • end
  • error
  • failure
  • fall away
  • fault
  • finish
  • forego
  • forfeit
  • forgo
  • give up
  • go on
  • intermission
  • interruption
  • march on
  • mistake
  • move
  • move on
  • pass on
  • pause
  • progress
  • regress
  • render
  • retrovert
  • return
  • revert
  • slip
  • stop
  • suspension
  • terminate
  • throw overboard
  • turn back
  • waive

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