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| 1. |
A mistake resulting from inattention |
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A break or intermission in the occurrence of something A lapse of three weeks between letters |
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A failure to maintain a higher state |
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Pass into a specified state or condition He sank into nirvana |
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End, at least for a long time The correspondence lapsed |
| 6. |
Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards |
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Go back to bad behavior Those who recidivate are often minor criminals |
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Let slip He lapsed his membership |
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Pass by Three years elapsed |
| noun | oversight, mistake, error, fault |
| noun | pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension |
| noun | backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting, failure |
| verb | sink, pass, move |
| verb | end, stop, finish, terminate, cease |
| verb | backslide, slip, drop off, drop away, fall away
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| verb | relapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back, revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
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| verb | forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo |
| verb | elapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along, advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
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