lapse
1. a mistake resulting from inattention (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
oversight
• Hypernyms:
mistake, error, fault
2. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something (Freq. 1)
- a lapse of three weeks between letters
• Hypernyms:
pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
3. a failure to maintain a higher state (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
• Derivationally related forms:
revert (for: reverting), relapse (for: relapsing), relapse (for: relapse)
• Hypernyms:
failure
• Hyponyms:
recidivism
1. pass into a specified state or condition (Freq. 1)
- He sank into nirvana
• Syn:
sink, pass
• Derivationally related forms:
passage (for: pass)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
2. end, at least for a long time (Freq. 1)
- The correspondence lapsed
• Hypernyms:
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
backslide
• Derivationally related forms:
backslider (for: backslide)
• Hypernyms:
slip, drop off, drop away, fall away
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. go back to bad behavior (Freq. 1)
- Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
• Syn:
relapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back
• Derivationally related forms:
recidivism (for: recidivate), relapse (for: relapse), relapsing (for: relapse)
• Hypernyms:
revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
5. let slip
- He lapsed his membership
• Hypernyms:
forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. pass by
- three years elapsed
• Syn:
elapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away,
go by, slide by, go along
• Hypernyms:
advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
• Hyponyms:
fly, fell, vanish
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
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