Meaning of Lapse | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A temporary failure; a slip.
2. A decline or fall in standards.
3. A pause in continuity.
4. An interval of time between events.
5. A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
6. A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
7. A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
8. A fall or apostasy.

Equivalents

Examples

“memory lapse”

“lapse of judgment”

“lapse in security”

“lapse in concentration”

“Now, tho’ this Scripture may be usefully understood and apply’d by us as a Caution to guard against those Lapses and Failings to which our Infirmities daily expose us”

“The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible, because it is only a mere cessation of activity”

“Still onward winds the dreary way; ⁠I with it; for I long to prove⟳ ⁠No lapse of moons can canker Love⟳, Whatever fickle tongues may say⟳.”

“Bacon was content to wait⟳ the lapse of long centuries for his expected revenue of fame”

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