Noun lapse has 3 senses
  1. oversight, lapse - a mistake resulting from inattention
    --1 is a kind of mistake, error, fault
  2. lapse - a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters"
    --2 is a kind of
    pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
    Derived forms: verb lapse6, verb lapse5, verb lapse2
  3. backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting - a failure to maintain a higher state
    --3 is a kind of failure
    --3 has particulars: recidivism
    Derived forms: verb lapse4, verb lapse3
,Verb lapse has 6 senses
  1. sink, pass, lapse - pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana"
    --1 is one way to move
    Sample sentences:
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. lapse - end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"
    --2 is one way to
    end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
    Derived form: noun lapse2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  3. lapse, backslide - drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
    --3 is one way to slip, drop off, drop away, fall away
    Derived form: noun lapse3
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  4. relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
    --4 is one way to revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
    Derived form: noun lapse3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  5. lapse - let slip; "He lapsed his membership"
    --5 is one way to
    forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo
    Derived form: noun lapse2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  6. elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along - pass by; "three years elapsed"
    --6 is one way to advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
    Derived form: noun lapse2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
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