lapse

Meaning

1. A temporary failure; a slip.
2. A decline or fall in standards.
3. A pause in continuity.
4. An interval of time between events.
5. A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
6. A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
7. A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
8. A fall or apostasy.

glide by

slide by

hang down

passage of time

sign away

roll by

lack of

slope down

statute of limitations

slide into

passingaway

inntermediateness

write too much

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/læps/

From Middle French laps, from Latin lāpsus, from lābī (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus.

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