Definitions for lapse
Overview of noun lapse
The noun lapse has 3 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (3) oversight, lapse
(a mistake resulting from inattention)
2. (1) lapse
(a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters")
3. (1) backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
(a failure to maintain a higher state)
Overview of verb lapse
The verb lapse has 6 senses? (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (1) sink, pass, lapse
(pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana")
2. (1) lapse
(end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed")
3. (1) lapse, backslide
(drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards)
4. (1) relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back
(go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals")
5. lapse
(let slip; "He lapsed his membership")
6. elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
(pass by; "three years elapsed")
