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English to English noun
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a mistake resulting from inattention |  | source: wordnet30
| 2 |
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something | | Example: a lapse of three weeks between letters
source: wordnet30
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a failure to maintain a higher state | | source: wordnet30
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A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses. | | source: webster1913 verb
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pass into a specified state or condition | | Example: He sank into nirvana
source: wordnet30
| 6 |
end, at least for a long time | | Example: The correspondence lapsed
source: wordnet30
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drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards | | source: wordnet30
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go back to bad behavior | | Example: Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
source: wordnet30
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let slip | | Example: He lapsed his membership
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pass by | | Example: three years elapsed
source: wordnet30
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To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses. | | source: webster1913
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To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass. | | source: webster1913
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