a mistake resulting from inattention

[ Syn: oversight ]

a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; a lapse of three weeks between letters'

a failure to maintain a higher state

[ Syn: backsliding , lapsing , relapse , relapsing , reversion , reverting ]

pass into a specified state or condition; He sank into nirvana

[ Syn: sink , pass ]

end, at least for a long time; The correspondence lapsed'

drop to a lower level, as in ones morals or standards

[ Syn: backslide ]

go back to bad behavior; Those who recidivate are often minor criminals

[ Syn: relapse , recidivate , regress , retrogress , fall back ]

let slip; He lapsed his membership'

pass by; three years elapsed

[ Syn: elapse , pass , slip by , glide by , slip away , go by , slide by , go along ]