Synonyms for lapse
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1. lapseverb

   To fall away gradually; to subside

   Synonyms:
   slip, mistake, fault, faux pas, gaffe, boo-boo, fluff, error, stumble, defect, blooper, thinko, blunder

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1. lapse

   Synonyms:
   gliding, falling, flow, onflow, flux, progress, escheatment, devolution, reversion, elapsing

   Antonyms:
   stability, uprightness, stationariness, fixture, arrestation, stoppage, retention, inheritance, possession

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1. oversight, lapsenoun

   a mistake resulting from inattention

   Synonyms:
   supervision, reverting, superintendence, relapse, supervising, reversion, inadvertence, relapsing, oversight, lapsing, backsliding

2. lapsenoun

   a break or intermission in the occurrence of something

   "a lapse of three weeks between letters"

   Synonyms:
   backsliding, lapsing, reversion, reverting, oversight, relapse, relapsing

3. backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, revertingverb

   a failure to maintain a higher state

   Synonyms:
   reversal, atavism, oversight, turnaround, relapsing, regress, backsliding, lapsing, throwback, regression, turnabout, reverse, reverting, relapse, retrogression, reversion, retroversion

4. sink, pass, lapseverb

   pass into a specified state or condition

   "He sank into nirvana"

   Synonyms:
   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 on

5. lapseverb

   end, at least for a long time

   "The correspondence lapsed"

   Synonyms:
   slide by, retrogress, glide by, slip away, go by, slip by, relapse, recidivate, sink, elapse, backslide, fall back, pass, go along, regress

6. lapse, backslideverb

   drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

   Synonyms:
   slide by, retrogress, glide by, slip away, go by, slip by, relapse, recidivate, sink, elapse, backslide, fall back, pass, go along, regress

7. relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall backverb

   go back to bad behavior

   "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

   Synonyms:
   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 back

8. lapseverb

   let slip

   "He lapsed his membership"

   Synonyms:
   slide by, retrogress, glide by, slip away, go by, slip by, relapse, recidivate, sink, elapse, backslide, fall back, pass, go along, regress

9. elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go alongverb

   pass by

   "three years elapsed"

   Synonyms:
   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

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1. lapsenoun

   Synonyms:
   flow, gliding, flowing, smooth course

2. lapsenoun

   Synonyms:
   fall, decline, declension, falling off

3. lapsenoun

   Synonyms:
   slip, fault, error, shortcoming

4. lapseverb

   Synonyms:
   slip, glide, pass slowly

5. lapseverb

   Synonyms:
   fail in duty, commit a fault, fall from innocence

6. lapseverb

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) become void

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1. lapsenoun

   Synonyms:
   slip, misstep, indiscretion, backsliding, devolution

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1. List of paraphrases for "lapse":

   expiry, extinction, lapsing, expire, expiration, adiabatic, extinguishment, non-use, revocation, interval

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1. Mark Stevens:

   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.

2. Longfellow:

   How absolute and omnipotent is the silence of the night! And yet the stillness seems almost audible. From all the measureless depths of air around us comes a half sound, a half whisper, as if we could hear the crumbling and falling away of the earth and all created things in the great miracle of nature?decay and reproduction?ever beginning, never ending?the gradual lapse and running of the sand in the great hour-glass of Time.

3. Aristotle:

   Time crumbles things everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.

4. Francis Ketteh:

   Even if that dog had anything, finding it now will be difficult because of the time lapse. We are trying to do everything to find the source.

5. Michael Bilello:

   To help support our employee's during the 35 days of the lapse in funding, TSA processed partial payments to its frontline employees. Coincidentally, the payment was processed on the very same day the partial shutdown ended. Of the 60,000 employees, unfortunately, 2 % have experienced pay discrepancies, this partial payment was complicated by a payroll process that goes from TSA to the National Finance Center( National Finance Center). TSA leadership assumed this risk and made the best decision given the circumstances and information at the time. TSA has contacted employees with known issues to ensure they are resolved.