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Lapse Definition

noun

A break in continuity; a pause: a lapse in the conversation.
A deterioration or decline: a lapse into barbarism.
A moral fall: a lapse from grace.
A period of time; an interval: a lapse of several years between the two revolutions.
A usually minor or temporary failure; a slip: a lapse of memory; a lapse in judgment.

verb-intransitive

Law To pass to another through neglect or omission. Used of a right or privilege, a benefice, or an estate.
To be no longer valid or active; expire: She allowed her membership to lapse after the first year.
To deviate from a prescribed or accepted way: lapse into heresy.
To fall from a previous level or standard, as of accomplishment, quality, or conduct: lapse into bad habits; a team that lapsed into mediocrity halfway through the season.
To go by; elapse: Years had lapsed since we last met.

verb-transitive

To allow to lapse.

verb

To fall from an attained and usually high level (as of morals or manners) to one much lower.
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To depart from an accepted pattern or standard.
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To go out of existence .
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To pass from one proprietor to another or from an original owner by omission or negligence .
source from Merriam-Webster
To glide along .
source from Merriam-Webster

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