English dictionary

lapse

/l/&/ps/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a mistake resulting from inattention

noun.act

Synonyms oversight

Source: WordNet 3.0
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something

noun.time

Examples
A lapse of three weeks between letters.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a failure to maintain a higher state

noun.act

Synonyms backsliding lapsing relapse relapsing reversion reverting

Source: WordNet 3.0
A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.

noun

Source: webster1913

pass into a specified state or condition

verb.motion

Synonyms pass sink

Source: WordNet 3.0
end, at least for a long time

verb.change

Examples
The correspondence lapsed.

Source: WordNet 3.0
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

verb.change

Synonyms backslide

Source: WordNet 3.0
go back to bad behavior

verb.body

Synonyms fall back recidivate regress relapse retrogress

Source: WordNet 3.0
let slip

verb.possession

Examples
He lapsed his membership.

Source: WordNet 3.0
pass by

verb.motion

Examples
Three years elapsed.

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

Source: WordNet 3.0
To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses.

verb

Source: webster1913
To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.

verb

Source: webster1913