Definition of Lapse

Noun: lapse  laps

1. A mistake resulting from inattention
   - oversight
    
2. A break or intermission in the occurrence of something
   "a lapse of three weeks between letters"
    
3. A failure to maintain a higher state
   - backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting

1. Pass into a specified state or condition
   "He lapsed into nirvana";
   - sink, pass
    
2. End, at least for a long time
   "The correspondence lapsed"
    
3. Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
   "Conservatives worry about McCain's lapse on immigration";
   - backslide
    
4. Go back to bad behaviour
   - relapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back
    
5. Let slip
   "He lapsed his membership"
    
6. Become later by the passage of a given amount of time
   "three years lapsed";
   - elapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along

See also:
lapsable
lapsed

Anagrams containing the word lapse

leasp elaps selap psela apsel