Definition of lapse

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Lapse (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.

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Prolapse :: Prolapse (n.) The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum..
Preterlapsed :: Preterlapsed (a.) Past; as, preterlapsed ages..
Algidity :: Algidity (n.) coldness and collapse.
Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Irrelapsable :: Irrelapsable (a.) Not liable to relapse; secure.
Circumduce :: Circumduce (v. t.) To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence..
Hypostrophe :: Hypostrophe (n.) A relapse, or return of a disease..
Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance..
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..
Instauration :: Instauration (n.) Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance..
Peridiastole :: Peridiastole (n.) The almost inappreciable time which elapses between the systole and the diastole of the heart.
Relapser :: Relapser (n.) One who relapses.
Senescent :: Senescent (a.) Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.
Past :: Past (v.) Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences..
Relapsing :: Relapsing (a.) Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance..
Recadency :: Recadency (n.) A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.
Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack..
Delapsed :: Delapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Delaps.
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