Definition of lapse

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Lapse (v. t.) To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.

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Relapse :: Relapse (v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again..
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.
Collapsed :: Collapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Collaps.
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To become ineffectual or void; to fall.
Lapsed :: Lapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Laps.
Relapsing :: Relapsing (a.) Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.
Preterlapsed :: Preterlapsed (a.) Past; as, preterlapsed ages..
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..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. t.) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender..
Prolapse :: Prolapse (v. i.) To fall down or out; to protrude.
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance..
Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..
Peridiastole :: Peridiastole (n.) The almost inappreciable time which elapses between the systole and the diastole of the heart.
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 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..
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly..
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..
Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A fall or apostasy.
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.
Relapsed :: Relapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Relaps.
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