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lapse  (lps)

v. lapsed, laps·ing, laps·es

v.intr.

1.

a. To fall from a previous level or standard, as of accomplishment, quality, or conduct: lapse into bad habits; a team that lapsed into mediocrity halfway through the season.

b. To deviate from a prescribed or accepted way: lapse into heresy.

c. To pass gradually or smoothly; slip: lapse into reverie.

2.

a. To come to an end, especially gradually or temporarily: He realized that his attention had lapsed and he hadn't heard the assignment.

b. To be no longer valid or active; expire: She allowed her membership to lapse after the first year.

3. Law To pass to another through neglect or omission. Used of a right or privilege, a benefice, or an estate.

4. To go by; elapse: Years had lapsed since we last met.

v.tr.

To allow to lapse.

n.

1. The act or an instance of lapsing, as:

a. A usually minor or temporary failure; a slip: a lapse of memory; a lapse in judgment.

b. A deterioration or decline: a lapse into barbarism.

c. A moral fall: a lapse from grace.

2. A break in continuity; a pause: a lapse in the conversation.

3. A period of time; an interval: a lapse of several years between the two revolutions.

4. Law The termination of a right or privilege through disuse, neglect, or death.

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[Middle English lapsen, to deviate from the normal, from laps, lapse of time, sin (from Old French, lapse of time, from Latin lpsus, from past participle of lb, to lapse) and from Latin lpsre, frequentative of lb, to lapse.]

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lapser n.

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lapse

Noun

1. a temporary drop in standard as a result of forgetfulness or lack of concentration

2. a moment or instance of bad behaviour, esp. by someone who is usually well-behaved

3. a period of time sufficient for a change to take place: the lapse between phone call and now

4. a gradual decline to a lower degree, condition, or state: its lapse from the tradition of Disraeli

5. Law the loss of some right by neglecting to exercise or renew it

Verb

[lapsing, lapsed]

1. to drop in standard or fail to maintain a standard

2. to decline gradually in status, condition, or degree

3. to allow to end or become no longer valid, esp. through negligence: a bid that lapsed last July

4. (usually foll. by into)to drift (into a condition): she appeared to lapse into a brief reverie

5. (often foll. by from)to turn away (from beliefs or standards)

6. (of time) to slip away [Latin lapsus error]

lapsed adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lapse - a mistake resulting from inattention oversight error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
	2.	lapse - a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters" pause, suspension, intermission, interruption, break - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
	3.	lapse - a failure to maintain a higher state backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting, reversion failure - an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test" recidivism - habitual relapse into crime
Verb	1.	lapse - pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana" sink, pass move - go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
	2.	lapse - end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed" end, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
	3.	lapse - drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards backslide drop away, fall away, slip, drop off - get worse; "My grades are slipping"
	4.	lapse - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" recidivate, relapse, retrogress, regress, fall back retrovert, revert, turn back, regress, return - go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
	5.	lapse - let slip; "He lapsed his membership" forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego - lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"
	6.	lapse - pass by; "three years elapsed" elapse, glide by, go by, slide by, slip by, slip away, go along, pass advance, march on, move on, progress, pass on, go on - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on" fell, vanish, fly - pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"

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lapse

noun 1. decline, fall, drop, descent, deterioration, relapse, backsliding

noun 2. mistake, failing, fault, failure, error, slip, negligence, omission, oversight, indiscretion

noun 3. interval, break, gap, passage, pause, interruption, lull, breathing space, intermission

verb 4. slip, fall, decline, sink, drop, slide, deteriorate, degenerate

verb 5. end, stop, run out, expire, terminate, become obsolete, become void

Translations

lapse [læps] n (= fault) → error m; fallo;

(moral) → desliz m

vi (= expire) → caducar;

(morally) → cometer un desliz; [time] → pasar, transcurrir;

to lapse into bad habits → volver a las andadas;

lapse of time → lapso, período;

a lapse of memory → un lapsus de memoria

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lapse [læps] n → défaillance f;

(in behaviour) → écart m (de conduite)

vi (Law) → cesser d'être en vigueur; [contract] → expirer; [pass] → être périmé; [subscription] → prendre fin;

to lapse into bad habits → prendre de mauvaises habitudes;

lapse of time → laps m de temps, intervalle m;

a lapse of memory → un trou de mémoire

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lapse [læps] n (= bad behaviour) → Fehltritt m [of memory etc] → Schwäche f [of time] → Zeitspanne f

vi → ablaufen; [law] → ungültig werden;

to lapse into bad habits → in schlechte Gewohnheiten verfallen

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lapse [læps] n → lapsus m inv;

(longer) → caduta (= fault); mancanza;

(in behaviour) → scorrettezza

vi [law, act] → cadere; [ticket, passport] → scadere;

to lapse into bad habits → pigliare cattive abitudini;

lapse of time → spazio di tempo;

a lapse of memory → un vuoto di memoria

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lapse

v lapse [lӕps]

1 to cease to exist, often because of lack of effort His insurance policy had lapsed and was not renewed. verval يَتَوَقَّف изтичам odumřít, zaniknout udløbe ablaufen εκπνέω caducar, vencerse kehtivust kaotama منقضی شدن raueta expirer לָפוּג रद्द हो जाना isteći elévül kedaluwarsa falla niður scadere 失効する 소멸하다 nustoti galiojus (par termiņu) paiet; beigties; (par dokumentu, likumu) zaudēt spēku luput vervallen utløpe wygasnąć caducar a expira прекращаться zaniknúť zapasti isteći förfalla, upphöra หยุด zamanı geçmek, hakkını kaybetmek 終止, 喪失 втрачати чинність زائل ہو جانا mất hiệu lực 终止

2 to slip, fall, be reduced As he could think of nothing more to say, he lapsed into silence; I'm afraid our standards of tidiness have lapsed. verval, daal يَسْقُط، يَهْبِط падам upadnout henfalde til; synke sinken πέφτω, μειώνομαι caer, quedarse vajuma, langema ساقط یا زایل شدن vajota (re)tomber dans לְהִיכּנס לְמַצָב שֶׁל अवनत हो जाना popustiti visszasüllyed merosot hrasa; hrörna; fara aftur cadere, scivolare 陥る ...한 상태가 되다 pulti, kristi, (nu)smukti zust; pāriet berkurang verzinken, achteruitgaan henfalle til, gli ut popadać, podupaść cair a (re)cădea (în); a scădea впадать; деградировать upadnúť (do) pasti opasti falla, förfalla จมอยู่ใน; ตกลงสู่ kötüleşmek, kötüye gitmek 下降；滑落 впадати; падати معیار میں کمی آ جانا sa vào 陷入

n

1 a mistake or failure (in behaviour, memory etc) a lapse of memory. vergissing زَلَّه، هَفْوَه грешка selhání svigt; -svigt das Versehen λάθος, ολίσθημα fallo, error, desliz, lapsus eksimus انحراف lipsahdus faute, défaillance שִׁכחָה चूक greška, zakazivanje hiba, kihagyás kegagalan glappaskot, mistök; misminni vuoto, perdita, dimenticanza まちがい 실책, 실수 klaida, apsirikimas kļūda; misēklis; pārskatīšanās terlupa fout glipp, erindringsfeil lapsus, potknięcie lapso greşeală; scăpare, lapsus оплошность, провал chyba, zlyhanie spodrsljaj gubitak lapsus, förbiseende, misstag การพลาดพลั้ง yanılma, hata 失誤 промилка; провал غلطی sự lầm lẫn 失误

2 a passing away (of time) I saw him again after a lapse of five years. verloop مُرور ، إنْقِضاء период uplynutí periode die Zeitspanne διάστημα χρόνου intervalo, lapso vaheaeg گذشت زمان tauko intervalle פֶּרק זְמָן समाप्ति prolazak múlás (időé), leforgás lewat eftir visst langan tíma; hlé intervallo 経過 (시간의) 경과 praėjusio laiko tarpas laika plūdums/sprīdis selang het verstrijken tidsrom upływ intervalo interval промежуток (времени) uplynutie minevanje (časa) razmak tid[] เวลาที่ผ่านไป ara 流逝 проміжок часу گزرے وقت کی مدت khoảng (thời gian) 流逝