Definition of lapse

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Lapse (v. i.) To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.

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Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel..
Recadency :: Recadency (n.) A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.
Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) A gliding in; an immisson or entrance of one thing into another; also, a sudden descent or attack..
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..
Cropper :: Cropper (n.) A fall on one's head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse..
Algidity :: Algidity (n.) coldness and collapse.
Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. t.) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender..
Irrelapsable :: Irrelapsable (a.) Not liable to relapse; secure.
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..
Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into.
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..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To become ineffectual or void; to fall.
Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
Prolapsion :: Prolapsion (n.) Prolapse.
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.
Weed :: Weed (n.) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed..
Illapsed :: Illapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Illaps.
Preterlapsed :: Preterlapsed (a.) Past; as, preterlapsed ages..
Elapsed :: Elapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Elaps.
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