Definition of Lapse

Noun

• a failure to maintain a higher state
  backsliding lapsing relapse relapsing reversion reverting
• a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
  "a lapse of three weeks between letters"
  
• a mistake resulting from inattention
  oversight

Verb

• pass by
  "three years elapsed"
  elapse pass - slip by - glide by - slip away - go by - slide by - go along
• let slip
  "He lapsed his membership"
  
• go back to bad behavior
  "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
  relapse - recidivate regress retrogress - fall back
• drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
  backslide
• end, at least for a long time
  "The correspondence lapsed"
  
• pass into a specified state or condition
  "He sank into nirvana"
  sink pass

Word games points for the Lapse

• Scrabble® score of the lapse (7)
• Word Chums® score of the lapse (9)
• Words With Friends® score of the lapse (9)

Unscramble lapse

65 unscramble word found using the letters lapse.

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