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Synonyms for lapse
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Princeton's WordNet
oversight, lapse(noun)
a mistake resulting from inattention
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supervision, reverting, superintendence, relapse, supervising, reversion, inadvertence, relapsing, oversight, lapsing, backslidinglapse(noun)
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
"a lapse of three weeks between letters"
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backsliding, lapsing, reversion, reverting, oversight, relapse, relapsingbacksliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting(verb)
a failure to maintain a higher state
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reversal, atavism, oversight, turnaround, relapsing, regress, backsliding, lapsing, throwback, regression, turnabout, reverse, reverting, relapse, retrogression, reversion, retroversionsink, pass, lapse(verb)
pass into a specified state or condition
"He sank into nirvana"
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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 onlapse(verb)
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, backslide(verb)
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
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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, regressrelapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back(verb)
go back to bad behavior
"Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
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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 backlapse(verb)
let slip
"He lapsed his membership"
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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, regresselapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along(verb)
pass by
"three years elapsed"
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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
Wiktionary
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
lapse
Synonyms:
gliding, falling, flow, onflow, flux, progress, escheatment, devolution, reversion, elapsingAntonyms:
stability, uprightness, stationariness, fixture, arrestation, stoppage, retention, inheritance, possession
Dictionary of English Synonymes
lapse(n.)
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flow, gliding, flowing, smooth courselapse(n.)
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fall, decline, declension, falling offlapse(n.)
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slip, fault, error, shortcominglapse(v. n.)
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slip, glide, pass slowlylapse(v. n.)
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fail in duty, commit a fault, fall from innocencelapse(v. n.)
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(Law.) become void
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
lapse(n)
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
How to use lapse in a sentence?
It's hard to believe Ex-Im is going to lapse. But we are.
As the lapse in appropriation continues, more than 55,000 Coast Guard active duty, reserve, and civilian employees will not receive monthly pay and benefits. In addition, the federal funding hiatus may affect the retired pay for 50,000 Coast Guard annuitants.
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.
We view this as a major lapse.
Coast Guard members're five plus weeks into the anxiety and stress of this government lapse and your non-pay, you as members of the armed forces should not be expected to shoulder this burden.
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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