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lapse

(l/&/ps )

a mistake resulting from inattention(noun.act)

Synonym:
oversight

source: wordnet30
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something(noun.time)

Example:
A lapse of three weeks between letters.

source: wordnet30
a failure to maintain a higher state(noun.act)

Synonym:
backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting

source: wordnet30
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)

Synonym:
pass, sink

source: wordnet30
end, at least for a long time(verb.change)

Example:
The correspondence lapsed.

source: wordnet30
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards(verb.change)

Synonym:
backslide

source: wordnet30
go back to bad behavior(verb.body)

Synonym:
fall back, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress

source: wordnet30
let slip(verb.possession)

Example:
He lapsed his membership.

source: wordnet30
pass by(verb.motion)

Example:
Three years elapsed.

Synonym:
elapse, glide by, go along, go by, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by

source: wordnet30
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

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