LAPSE
Scrabble letter values: L1A1P3S1E1 = 7
Definition
- noun a mistake resulting from inattention. — synonyms: oversight
- noun a break or intermission in the occurrence of something.
- noun a failure to maintain a higher state. — synonyms: backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
- verb pass into a specified state or condition. — synonyms: sink, pass
- verb end, at least for a long time.
- verb drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards. — synonyms: backslide
- verb go back to bad behavior. — synonyms: relapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall_back
- verb let slip.
- verb pass by. — synonyms: elapse, pass, slip_by, glide_by, slip_away, go_by, slide_by, go_along
Examples
- “a lapse of three weeks between letters”
- “He sank into nirvana”
- “The correspondence lapsed”