A break in continuity; a pause: a lapse in the conversation.
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A deterioration or decline: a lapse into barbarism.
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A moral fall: a lapse from grace.
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A period of time; an interval: a lapse of several years between the two revolutions.
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A usually minor or temporary failure; a slip: a lapse of memory; a lapse in judgment.
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verb-intransitive
Law To pass to another through neglect or omission. Used of a right or privilege, a benefice, or an estate.
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To be no longer valid or active; expire: She allowed her membership to lapse after the first year.
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To deviate from a prescribed or accepted way: lapse into heresy.
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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.
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To go by; elapse: Years had lapsed since we last met.
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verb-transitive
To allow to lapse.
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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 .
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To glide along .
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