Noun
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a failure to maintain a higher state
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a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
"a lapse of three weeks between letters"
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a mistake resulting from inattention
Verb
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pass by
"three years elapsed"
- slip by - glide by - slip away - go by - slide by - go along -
let slip
"He lapsed his membership"
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go back to bad behavior
"Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
- recidivate - fall back -
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
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end, at least for a long time
"The correspondence lapsed"
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pass into a specified state or condition
"He sank into nirvana"