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lapse
noun
1 lapse
A mistake resulting from inattention.
synonym: oversight.
Roget 776:
loss;
deperdition†,
perdition;
forfeiture,
lapse.
privation,
bereavement;
deprivation
etc.
(dispossession)
789;
riddance;
damage,
squandering,
waste.
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Roget 306:
descent,
descension†,
declension,
declination;
fall;
falling
etc.
v.;
slump;
drop,
plunge,
plummet,
cadence;
subsidence,
collapse,
lapse;
downfall,
tumble,
slip,
tilt,
trip,
lurch;
cropper,
culbute†;
titubation†,
stumble;
fate of Icarus.
avalanche,
debacle,
landslip,
landslide.
declivity,
dip,
hill.
[equipment for descending by rappeling]
rappel.
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Roget 144:
conversion,
reduction,
transmutation,
resolution,
assimilation;
evolution,
sea change;
change of state;
assumption;
naturalization;
transportation;
development [Biol.],
developing.
[photography]
[conversion of currency]
conversion of currency,
exchange of currency;
exchange rate;
bureau de change.
chemistry,
alchemy;
progress,
growth,
lapse,
flux.
passage;
transit,
transition;
transmigration,
shifting
etc.
v.;
phase;
conjugation;
convertibility.
crucible,
alembic,
caldron,
retort.
convert,
pervert,
renegade,
apostate.
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Roget 947:
guilt,
guiltiness;
culpability;
criminality,
criminousness†;
deviation from rectitude
etc.
(improbity)
940†;
sinfulness
etc.
(vice)
945.
misconduct,
misbehavior,
misdoing,
misdeed;
malpractice,
fault,
sin,
error,
transgression;
dereliction,
delinquency;
indiscretion,
lapse,
slip,
trip,
faux pas [Fr.],
peccadillo;
flaw,
blot,
omission;
failing,
failure;
break,
bad break! [U.S.],
capital crime,
delictum [Lat.].
offense,
trespass;
misdemeanor,
misfeasance,
misprision;
malefaction,
malfeasance,
malversation;
crime,
felony.
enormity,
atrocity,
outrage;
deadly sin,
mortal sin;
deed without a name"
[Macbeth].
corpus delicti.
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2 lapse
A break or intermission in the occurrence of something.
3 lapse
verb
1 lapse
Pass into a specified state or condition.
synonyms: pass, sink.
Roget 945:
be vicious
etc.
adj.;
sin,
commit sin,
do amiss,
err,
transgress;
misdemean oneself†,
forget oneself,
misconduct oneself;
misdo†,
misbehave;
fall,
lapse,
slip,
trip,
offend,
trespass;
deviate from the line of duty,
deviate from the path of virtue
etc.
944;
take a wrong course,
go astray;
hug a sin,
hug a fault;
sow one's wild oats.
render vicious
etc.
adj.;
demoralize,
brutalize;
corrupt
etc.
(degrade)
659.
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Roget 776:
lose;
incur a loss,
experience a loss,
meet with a loss;
miss;
mislay,
let slip,
allow to slip through the fingers;
be without
etc.
(exempt)
777.1;
forfeit.
get rid of
etc.
782;
waste
etc.
638.
be lost;
lapse.
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Roget 144:
be converted into;
become,
get,
wax;
come to,
turn to,
turn into,
evolve into,
develop into;
turn out,
lapse,
shift;
run into,
fall into,
pass into,
slide into,
glide into,
grow into,
ripen into,
open into,
resolve itself into,
settle into,
merge into,
emerge as;
melt,
grow,
come round to,
mature,
mellow;
assume the form of,
assume the shape of,
assume the state of,
assume the nature of,
assume the character of;
illapse†;
begin a new phase,
assume a new phase,
undergo a change.
convert into,
resolve into;
make,
render;
mold,
form
etc.
240;
remodel,
new model,
refound†,
reform,
reorganize;
assimilate to,
bring to,
reduce to.
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2 lapse
End, at least for a long time.
3 lapse
Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards.
synonym: backslide.
4 lapse
Go back to bad behavior.
synonyms: fall back, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress.
Roget 661:
relapse,
lapse;
fall back,
slide back,
sink back;
return;
retrograde
etc.
283;
recidivate;
fall off again
etc.
659.
Dutch: geraken, raken, terugvallen, vervallen
5 lapse
6 lapse
Pass by:
— Three years elapsed.
synonyms: elapse, glide by, go along, go by, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by.
Roget 109:
elapse,
lapse,
flow,
run,
proceed,
advance,
pass;
roll on,
wear on,
press on;
flit,
fly,
slip,
slide,
glide;
run its course.
run out,
expire;
go by,
pass by;
be past
etc.
122.
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Roget 122:
be past
etc.
adj.;
have expired
etc.
adj.,
have run its course,
have had its day;
pass;
pass by,
go by,
pass away,
go away,
pass off,
go off;
lapse,
blow over.
look back,
trace back,
cast the eyes back;
exhume.
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Dutch: omgaan, verglijden, verlopen, verstrijken, vervlieden, vlieden, voorbijgaan
adjective
Roget 659:
unimproved
etc.
(improve)
etc.
658;
deteriorated
etc.
v.;
altered,
altered for the worse;
injured
etc.
v.;
sprung;
withering,
spoiling
etc.
v.;
on the wane,
on the decline;
tabid†;
degenerate;
marescent†;
worse;
the worse for,
all the worse for;
out of repair,
out of tune;
imperfect
etc.
651;
the worse for wear;
battered;
weathered,
weather-beaten;
stale,
passe,
shaken,
dilapidated,
frayed,
faded,
wilted,
shabby,
secondhand,
threadbare;
worn,
worn to a thread,
worn to a shadow,
worn to the stump,
worn to rags;
reduced,
reduced to a skeleton;
far gone;
tacky [U.S.].
decayed
etc.
v.;
moth-eaten,
worm-eaten;
mildewed,
rusty,
moldy,
spotted,
seedy,
time-worn,
moss-grown;
discolored;
effete,
wasted,
crumbling,
moldering,
rotten,
cankered,
blighted,
tainted;
depraved
etc.
(vicious)
945;
decrepid†,
decrepit;
broke,
busted,
broken,
out of commission,
hors de combat [Fr.],
out of action,
broken down;
done,
done for,
done up;
worn out,
used up,
finished;
beyond saving,
fit for the dust hole,
fit for the wastepaper basket,
past work
etc.
(useless)
645.
at a low ebb,
in a bad way,
on one's last legs;
undermined,
deciduous;
nodding to its fall
etc.
(destruction)
162;
tottering
etc.
(dangerous)
665;
past cure
etc.
(hopeless)
859;
fatigued
etc.
688;
retrograde
etc.
(retrogressive)
283;
deleterious
etc.
649.
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