Definition of lapse

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Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..

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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..
Delapsed :: Delapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Delaps.
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc..
Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy..
Novatian :: Novatian (n.) One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful..
Recadency :: Recadency (n.) A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.
Elapse :: Elapse (v. i.) To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time..
Recidivous :: Recidivous (a.) Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.
Prolapsus :: Prolapsus (n.) Prolapse.
Preterlapsed :: Preterlapsed (a.) Past; as, preterlapsed ages..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. t.) To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.
Lapsed :: Lapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Laps.
Elapsed :: Elapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Elaps.
Relapser :: Relapser (n.) One who relapses.
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..
Relapsed :: Relapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Relaps.
Weed :: Weed (n.) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed..
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..
Relapse :: Relapse (v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again..
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel..
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