lapse
Noun
- a mistake resulting from inattention
- a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; “a lapse of three weeks between letters”
- Less specific
- pause
- intermission
- break
- interruption
- suspension
- Related
- elapse
- lapse
- pass
- slip by
- glide by
- slip away
- go by
- slide by
- go along
- lapse
- lapse
- a failure to maintain a higher state
- Synonyms
- backsliding
- lapsing
- relapse
- relapsing
- reversion
- reverting
- Less specific
- More specific
- Related
- revert
- return
- retrovert
- regress
- turn back
- relapse
- lapse
- recidivate
- regress
- retrogress
- fall back
- relapse
- lapse
- recidivate
- regress
- retrogress
- fall back
- get worse
- relapse
- relapse
- lapse
- recidivate
- regress
- retrogress
- fall back
- lapse
- backslide
Verb
- pass into a specified state or condition; “He sank into nirvana”
- Synonyms
- Less specific
- Related
- end, at least for a long time; “The correspondence lapsed”
- Less specific
- end
- stop
- finish
- terminate
- cease
- Related
- drop to a lower level, as in one’s morals or standards
- Synonyms
- Less specific
- slip
- drop off
- drop away
- fall away
- Related
- recidivist
- backslider
- reversionist
- backsliding
- lapse
- lapsing
- relapse
- relapsing
- reversion
- reverting
- go back to bad behavior; “Those who recidivate are often minor criminals”
- Synonyms
- relapse
- recidivate
- regress
- retrogress
- fall back
- Less specific
- revert
- return
- retrovert
- regress
- turn back
- Related
- recidivism
- backsliding
- lapse
- lapsing
- relapse
- relapsing
- reversion
- reverting
- backsliding
- lapse
- lapsing
- relapse
- relapsing
- reversion
- reverting
- backsliding
- lapse
- lapsing
- relapse
- relapsing
- reversion
- reverting
- let slip; “He lapsed his membership”
- Less specific
- forfeit
- give up
- throw overboard
- waive
- forgo
- forego
- Related
- pass by; “three years elapsed”
- Synonyms
- elapse
- pass
- slip by
- glide by
- slip away
- go by
- slide by
- go along
- Less specific
- advance
- progress
- pass on
- move on
- march on
- go on
- More specific
- Related