n. 1 slip, error, mistake, fault, failing, oversight, blunder, shortcoming, omission, Formal lapsus, Colloq slip-up, fluff, goof Apart from a brief lapse, the child behaved very well Owing to a lapse, your payment was not credited. 2 gap, break, interval, intermission, interruption, pause, lacuna, hiatus, Prosody caesura, Colloq hold-up Listeners in Scotland experienced a lapse in transmission, for which we apologize 3 decline, lowering, fall, deterioration, drop, diminution, descent There has been a serious lapse in church attendance
v. 4 decline, lower, fall, drop, diminish, sink, slip, slump, subside, deteriorate Despite the doctor's best efforts, he lapsed into a coma 5 run out, expire, be discontinued, become void, terminate, end, cease, stop Your option to sell the shares at the offering price lapses on Friday 6 pass, elapse, go by, slip away Three months had lapsed since she last saw him