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lapse
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Noun
  • a failure to maintain a higher state
  • a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
    • a lapse of three weeks between letters
  • a mistake resulting from inattention
Verb
  • pass by
    • three years elapsed
  • let slip
    • He lapsed his membership
  • go back to bad behavior
    • Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
  • drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
  • end, at least for a long time
    • The correspondence lapsed
  • pass into a specified state or condition
    • He sank into nirvana
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