LAPSE

/læps/
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Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A temporary failure or slip: A lapse is a minor mistake or error, often caused by a brief lack of attention or concentration.
    • A period of time passing: A lapse can refer to an interval or gap between events.
    • A decline or weakening: A lapse can indicate a decline from a previous standard, such as in behavior or quality.

  2. Verb:

    • To end or cease gradually: To lapse means to come to an end, often because a period of validity has expired or because of disuse.
    • To slip into a different state: To lapse means to fall or pass gradually into a different, often worse, condition or state.
    • To pass or elapse: To lapse means for time to pass or go by.
Examples of Usage

  • Noun:

    • There was a brief lapse in the conversation before they continued.
    • A lapse of three weeks occurred between his letters.
    • His rude comment was an unfortunate lapse in judgment.

  • Verb:

    • My gym membership will lapse if I don't renew it this month.
    • She lapsed into silence, lost in her thoughts.
    • Three years lapsed before we saw each other again.
Advanced Usage

  • "to lapse from grace": to fall from favor or a good position.

    • After the scandal, the politician lapsed from grace with the public.

  • "a lapse of memory": a temporary failure to remember something.

    • He had a momentary lapse of memory and forgot his own phone number.
Variants and Related Words

  • Lapsed (adj): No longer active, valid, or believed in.

    • He is a lapsed Catholic who no longer attends church.

  • Relapse (n/v): A return to a former negative state, especially illness or bad habits.

    • The patient suffered a relapse after stopping the medication.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Error, slip, gap, interval, decline.
  • Verb: Expire, end, cease, elapse, slip, revert.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Lapse into: To gradually fall into a particular state, often a negative or less active one.
    • The patient lapsed into a coma.
    • He lapsed into his old habits of procrastination.
Related Idioms

  • A lapse in concentration: A short period when someone stops paying attention.

    • The goalkeeper's lapse in concentration cost his team the goal.

  • To let something lapse: To allow something to end or expire by not renewing it.

    • I let my magazine subscription lapse because I never had time to read them.
Noun
  1. a failure to maintain a higher state
  2. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
    • a lapse of three weeks between letters
  3. a mistake resulting from inattention
Verb
  1. pass by
    • three years elapsed
  2. let slip
    • He lapsed his membership
  3. go back to bad behavior
    • Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
  4. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
  5. end, at least for a long time
    • The correspondence lapsed
  6. pass into a specified state or condition
    • He sank into nirvana

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