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Lapse

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A temporary failure; a slip

oversight, lapse(noun)

a mistake resulting from inattention

lapse(noun)

a break or intermission in the occurrence of something

"a lapse of three weeks between letters"

backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting(verb)

a failure to maintain a higher state

sink, pass, lapse(verb)

pass into a specified state or condition

"He sank into nirvana"

lapse(verb)

end, at least for a long time

"The correspondence lapsed"

lapse, backslide(verb)

drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back(verb)

go back to bad behavior

"Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

lapse(verb)

let slip

"He lapsed his membership"

elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along(verb)

pass by

"three years elapsed"

a change in status for the worse usually temporarily

the scandal caused the president to suffer a dramatic lapse in popularity

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy

his slip of the tongue about the mayor's name was an unfortunate lapse

the stopping of a process or activity

wasn't bothered by the lapse of her membership at the health club

to come to an end

the contract will lapse at the end of the year unless we renew

The house seemed about to collapse at any moment.

The news was all about the collapse of the Soviet Union.

MIT has predicted global economic collapse by 2030.

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continuance continuation continue hang on persist

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