lapse

1. n. A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses. Source: opted

2. n. A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude. Source: opted

3. 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. Source: opted

4. n. A fall or apostasy. Source: opted

5. v. i. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses. Source: opted

6. 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. Source: opted

7. 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. Source: opted

8. v. i. To become ineffectual or void; to fall. Source: opted

9. v. t. To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass. Source: opted

10. v. t. To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender. Source: opted

11. n. a mistake resulting from inattention Source: wordnet

12. n. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something Source: wordnet

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