Definition of lapses in English

Wiktionary

lapses (Noun)
Plural of lapse.

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lapses, verb, present, 3rd person singular of lapse (infinitive).
lapses, noun, plural of lapse.

WordNet

Noun Plural: lapses
lapse - a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters"
		intermission, pause, interruption, suspension, break the act of suspending activity temporarily
lapse - a failure to maintain a higher state
		backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
		failure an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"
lapse - a mistake resulting from inattention
		oversight
Verb lapses, lapsing, lapsed
lapse - drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
		backslide
		drop away, fall away, drop off, slip fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test"
lapse - end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"
		cease, end, terminate, finish, stop bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
lapse - let slip; "He lapsed his membership"
		forfeit, throw overboard, waive, forego, forgo, give up 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"
lapse - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
		relapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back
		retrovert, revert, regress, turn back, return undergo reversion, as in a mutation
lapse - pass by; "three years elapsed"
		elapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
		march on, move on, progress, go on, pass on, advance develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
		fell, vanish, fly cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
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"

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Wiktionary

lapse (Noun)
A temporary failure; a slip.
lapse (Noun)
A decline or fall in standards.
lapse (Noun)
A pause in continuity.
lapse (Noun)
An interval of time between events.
lapse (Noun)
A termination of a right etc, through disuse or neglect.
lapse (Noun)
weather A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air. This condition usually occurs when skies are clear and between 1100 and 1600 hours, local time. Strong convection currents exist during lapse conditions. For chemical operations , the state is defined as unstable. This condition is normally considered the most unfavorable for the release of chemical agent s. See lapse rate .
lapse (Noun)
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.
lapse (Verb)
To fall away gradually; to subside.
lapse (Verb)
To fall into error or heresy.
lapse (Verb)
To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
lapse (Verb)
To become void.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

lapse (n.)
A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.
lapse (n.)
A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
lapse (n.)
The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege.
lapse (n.)
A fall or apostasy.
lapse (v. i.)
To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses.
lapse (v. i.)
To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.
lapse (v. i.)
To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc.
lapse (v. i.)
To become ineffectual or void; to fall.
lapse (v. t.)
To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.
lapse (v. t.)
To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

lapse
A temporary failure.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

lapse
laps, v.i. to slip or glide: to pass by degrees: to fall from the faith or from virtue: to fail in duty: to pass to another proprietor, &c., by the negligence of a patron, to become void: to lose certain privileges by neglect of the necessary conditions.—n. a slipping or falling: a failing in duty: a fault.—adj. Lap′sable.—The lapsed, the name applied in the early Christian Church to those who, overcome by heathen persecution, fell away from the faith. [L. labi, lapsus, to slip or fall, lapsus, a fall, akin to lap.]

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

lapse
To fall in, or belong to. This expression was formerly used in the British army to signify the reversion of any military property. Thus, upon the sale or purchase of one commission at the regulated difference, another (where there are two) is said to lapse to government. Commissions lapse, or fall into the patronage of government, when vacancies happen by death, by officers being superseded, or where officers apply to sell who have only purchased a part of their commissions, and have not served long enough to be entitled to sell the whole; in which case they are only permitted to sell what they actually purchased, and the remainder is in the gift of the government.