Overview of noun lapse

The noun lapse has 3 senses

• oversight, lapse -- (a mistake resulting from inattention)


• lapse -- (a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters")


• backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting -- (a failure to maintain a higher state)

Overview of verb lapse

The verb lapse has 6 senses

• sink, pass, lapse -- (pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana")


• lapse -- (end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed")


• lapse, backslide -- (drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards)


• relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back -- (go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals")


• lapse -- (let slip; "He lapsed his membership")


• elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along -- (pass by; "three years elapsed")