lapse

lapse
n
1. decline, fall, descent, Fr. chute; falling, slipping, backslide, subsidence; drop, sinkage, slump, collapse, Meteorol. katabasis; deterioration, degeneration, worsening, declension; downturn, weakening, turn for the worse; downfall, decline and fall, debacle.
2. slip, error, mistake, Inf. slip-up, blunder, fluff; failure, failing, breach, flaw, sin, wrong; negligence, laxity, dereliction, omission, oversight, inadvertence, Law. nonfeasance; relapse, recidivism, reversion, regression. 6403. interval, passage, elapse, course of time, sweep of time; intermission, hitch, recess, Sports. half-time, Sports. time-out, Baseball. seventh-inning stretch; interim, interregnum, respite, remission, interlude; lull, pause, stay, cease-fire; hiatus, Prosody. caesura, break, interruption.
4. discontinuance, cancellation, invalidation, nullification, abrogation, revocation; termination, cessation, end, expiration, expiry.
v
5. fall, decline, lower, drop; slip, give way, slide, slump, glide; sink, submerge, subside; ebb, abate, fall back, recede, wane; retrograde, retrogress, regress, backslide, recidivate; deteriorate, fail, worsen, weaken, fade, languish; go downhill, degenerate, go from bad to worse, get no better; go to seed, Sl. go to pot; decay, fall into disuse.
6. terminate, end, expire, cease; discontinue, stop, cancel, invalidate, nullify, abrogate, revoke.
7. pass away, elapse, pass, flow, fly; roll, advance, proceed, run its course; go by, go on, glide, flit, flutter.

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