Definition of lapse

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Lapse (n.) A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses..

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Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel..
Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..
Proctocele :: Proctocele (n.) Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To become ineffectual or void; to fall.
Recidivous :: Recidivous (a.) Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly..
Fall :: Fall (n.) Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels..
Collapsion :: Collapsion (n.) Collapse.
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..
Senescent :: Senescent (a.) Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.
Lapse :: Lapse (v. t.) To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.
Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack..
Relapse :: Relapse (v.) A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back..
Relapsing :: Relapsing (a.) Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.
Interlapse :: Interlapse (n.) The lapse or interval of time between two events.
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide..
Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Relapser :: Relapser (n.) One who relapses.
Elapsed :: Elapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Elaps.
Decurrence :: Decurrence (n.) The act of running down; a lapse.
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