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"Lapse" Definition
noun
A break in continuity; a pause: a lapse in the conversation.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A deterioration or decline: a lapse into barbarism.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A moral fall: a lapse from grace.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A period of time; an interval: a lapse of several years between the two revolutions.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A usually minor or temporary failure; a slip: a lapse of memory; a lapse in judgment.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
Law To pass to another through neglect or omission. Used of a right or privilege, a benefice, or an estate.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To be no longer valid or active; expire: She allowed her membership to lapse after the first year.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To deviate from a prescribed or accepted way: lapse into heresy.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To go by; elapse: Years had lapsed since we last met.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
To allow to lapse.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To fall from an attained and usually high level (as of morals or manners) to one much lower.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To depart from an accepted pattern or standard.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To go out of existence .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To pass from one proprietor to another or from an original owner by omission or negligence .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To glide along .
Source: Merriam-Webster
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