Definition of lapse

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Lapse (n.) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege..

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Instauration :: Instauration (n.) Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance..
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 (n.) A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses..
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..
Prolapsus :: Prolapsus (n.) Prolapse.
Interlapse :: Interlapse (n.) The lapse or interval of time between two events.
Lapsed :: Lapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Laps.
Recadency :: Recadency (n.) A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.
Relief :: Relief (n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant..
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..
Progression :: Progression (n.) Course; passage; lapse or process of time.
Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted..
Delapse :: Delapse (v. i.) To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.
Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into.
Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A fall or apostasy.
Collapsion :: Collapsion (n.) Collapse.
Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..
Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack..
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