English dictionary
lapse
nounPronunciation
læps
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a failure to maintain a higher state
noun
- a mistake resulting from inattention
noun
- a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
verb
- go back to bad behavior
verb
- drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
verb
- end, at least for a long time
verb
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
verb
- for time to move forward
verb
- let slip
Example sentences
a lapse of three weeks between letters
Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
The correspondence lapsed
He sank into nirvana
three years elapsed
He lapsed his membership