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Synonyms for lapse
læpslapse
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Wiktionary
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lapse
Synonyms:
gliding, falling, flow, onflow, flux, progress, escheatment, devolution, reversion, elapsingAntonyms:
stability, uprightness, stationariness, fixture, arrestation, stoppage, retention, inheritance, possession
Princeton's WordNet
oversight, lapsenoun
a mistake resulting from inattention
Synonyms:
supervision, reverting, superintendence, relapse, supervising, reversion, inadvertence, relapsing, oversight, lapsing, backslidinglapsenoun
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
"a lapse of three weeks between letters"
Synonyms:
backsliding, lapsing, reversion, reverting, oversight, relapse, relapsingbacksliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, revertingverb
a failure to maintain a higher state
Synonyms:
reversal, atavism, oversight, turnaround, relapsing, regress, backsliding, lapsing, throwback, regression, turnabout, reverse, reverting, relapse, retrogression, reversion, retroversionsink, pass, lapseverb
pass into a specified state or condition
"He sank into nirvana"
Synonyms:
run, perish, fall back, elapse, go past, make pass, lead, top, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, backslide, occur, die, drop down, subside, snuff it, excrete, turn over, go, spend, slide by, recidivate, fade, hand, legislate, happen, egest, exit, exceed, fleet, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, slide down, make it, authorize, pop off, expire, regress, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, retrogress, give, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, sink, eliminate, croak, pass off, give-up the ghost, return, blow over, take place, fall off, overhaul, go through, reach, dip, communicate, go under, come about, choke, pass by, go across, overtake, transcend, glide by, relapse, extend, decease, fall, pass, clear, drop, conk, travel by, bury, buy the farm, go down, pass along, authorise, go along, surpass, guide, slump, settle, pass onlapseverb
end, at least for a long time
"The correspondence lapsed"
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slide by, retrogress, glide by, slip away, go by, slip by, relapse, recidivate, sink, elapse, backslide, fall back, pass, go along, regresslapse, backslideverb
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
Synonyms:
slide by, retrogress, glide by, slip away, go by, slip by, relapse, recidivate, sink, elapse, backslide, fall back, pass, go along, regressrelapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall backverb
go back to bad behavior
"Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
Synonyms:
go along, slip away, recidivate, backslide, retrogress, lag, retrovert, regress, elapse, dawdle, revert, fall back, fall behind, sink, lose, glide by, retrograde, resort, pass, return, slide by, recede, drop off, relapse, slip by, go by, get worse, recur, turn backlapseverb
let slip
"He lapsed his membership"
Synonyms:
slide by, retrogress, glide by, slip away, go by, slip by, relapse, recidivate, sink, elapse, backslide, fall back, pass, go along, regresselapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go alongverb
pass by
"three years elapsed"
Synonyms:
run, perish, elapse, go past, make pass, lead, top, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, continue, occur, die, sneak off, snuff it, excrete, turn over, go, spend, fall back, recidivate, fade, hand, legislate, happen, egest, authorise, exceed, fleet, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, transcend, make it, authorize, sneak out, regress, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, give, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, sink, eliminate, croak, pass off, give-up the ghost, return, blow over, take place, play along, expire, overhaul, go through, reach, communicate, go under, come about, keep, choke, pop off, go across, overtake, glide by, sneak away, extend, decease, fall, pass, proceed, pass by, clear, exit, conk, travel by, buy the farm, relapse, pass along, steal away, retrogress, slide by, go along, surpass, guide, backslide, pass on
Dictionary of English Synonymes
lapsenoun
Synonyms:
flow, gliding, flowing, smooth courselapsenoun
Synonyms:
fall, decline, declension, falling offlapsenoun
Synonyms:
slip, fault, error, shortcominglapseverb
Synonyms:
slip, glide, pass slowlylapseverb
Synonyms:
fail in duty, commit a fault, fall from innocencelapseverb
Synonyms:
(Law.) become void
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
lapsenoun
Synonyms:
slip, misstep, indiscretion, backsliding, devolution
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "lapse":
expiry, extinction, lapsing, expire, expiration, adiabatic, extinguishment, non-use, revocation, interval
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How to use lapse in a sentence?
The fact that they just painted out something without thinking about it is a real lapse in judgment.
I hope that Mr. Kyle Lowry and others impacted by this lapse in judgment understand that the behavior I demonstrated last night does not reflect the person I am or have been throughout my life, i made a mistake and Im truly sorry. I need to be better and look forward to making it right.
It's a little disappointing. I think a lot of people on the ship share this sentiment that this was a lapse in judgment on either Royal Caribbean's part or the captain's part.
We are working diligently in cooperation with the FDA to restore operations at our Gainesville plant so that we can continue providing safe, healthy, and affordable eggs to the market from that facility, we apologize for this extremely rare safety lapse and we're making every effort to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again.
Orkim only alerted authorities 10 hours after they lost contact with Orkim Harmony ... The lapse after they lost communication made it very difficult for us.
Translations for lapse
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- lapsusCatalan, Valencian
- παραγραφήGreek
- prescripción, lapsoSpanish
- erreur, fauteFrench
- 失効Japanese
- lapsuLatin
- vervallenDutch
- pomyłka, potknięcie, błądPolish
- prescrição, lapsoPortuguese
- 失误Chinese
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