"lapse" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A mistake resulting from inattention (synset 100075344)
is a type of: error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

same as: oversight
A break or intermission in the occurrence of something (synset 115296403)
"a lapse of three weeks between letters"

is a type of: break, intermission, interruption, pause, suspension - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
A failure to maintain a higher state (synset 100069153)
is a type of: failure - an act that fails

subtypes: recidivism - habitual relapse into crime

same as: backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting

Verb

Pass into a specified state or condition (synset 201976145)
"He sank into nirvana"

is a type of: move - go or proceed from one point to another

same as: pass, sink
End, at least for a long time (synset 200352478)
"The correspondence lapsed"

is a type of: cease, end, finish, stop, terminate - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards (synset 200204947)
is a type of: drop away, drop off, fall away, slip - get worse

same as: backslide
Go back to bad behavior (synset 200093079)
"Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

is a type of: regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back - go back to a previous state

same as: fall back, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress
Let slip (synset 202308741)
"He lapsed his membership"

is a type of: forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive - lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
Pass by (synset 202076777)
"three years elapsed"

is a type of: advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

subtypes: fell, fly, vanish - pass away rapidly

same as: elapse, glide by, go along, go by, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by