lapse
IPA: ɫˈæps
noun
- A temporary failure; a slip.
- A decline or fall in standards.
- A pause in continuity.
- An interval of time between events.
- A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
- (meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
- (law) A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
- (theology) A fall or apostasy.
verb
- (intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.
- (intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.
- To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
- (intransitive) To become void.
- To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
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Examples of "lapse" in Sentences
- She then lapses into a fitful coma.
- They started to lapse into delirium.
- The emails allege ethical lapses by the President.
- The lapse on my part was to continue with the nom.
- This was in 1623, when Bacon had lapsed into penury.
- Petty lapses on any side of the arguments are excusable.
- Occasional lapses in judgment are expected and forgivable.
- This is the reason for the chronological lapses in the movie.
- But hardly anyone will admit a lapse in the rigor of the process.
- The lapse in the process is not communicating your intentions to the editor.
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