I.
noun
1 small error; bad manners
ADJECTIVE
▪ minor
▪ major , serious
▪
a serious ~ in judgment
▪ unfortunate
▪ brief , momentary , temporary
▪ sudden
▪ occasional , rare
▪
Dawson's occasional ~s of concentration
▪ memory , mental
▪
I keep suffering these mental ~s.
▪ intelligence , security
▪
the investigation into security ~s at the laboratory
▪ odd ( BrE )
▪
It was an odd ~ for one who is normally so polite.
▪ ethical , moral (both esp. AmE )
▪
allegations of ethical ~s
VERB + LAPSE
▪ have , suffer
▪
I had a momentary ~ when I couldn't remember his name.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
a ~ in attention
▪ ~ of
▪
sudden ~s of concentration
2 passing of time
ADJECTIVE
▪ brief
▪ long
▪
I'm sorry for the long ~ of time between updates.
▪ time
PHRASES
▪ ~ of
▪
after a considerable ~ of time
▪
a time ~ of three months
II.
verb
Lapse is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ copyright