Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.
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Lapse
Synonyms for "lapse" (529 found)
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Closest matches (106)
backslidingblooperelapseoversightrelapsesinkabeyanceabout faceabout-faceadvancealchemyapostasyapostatizeassimilationassumptionatavismatheismatrocitybackingbackset
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backslidebackward deviationbackward motionbackward stepbalkbe all overbe caught nappingbe gonebe neglectfulbe negligentbe no morebe pastbecome extinctbecome voidbecomingbevueblow overblunderbonerbreachbreakbullbunglecadencecaesuracatabasiscatenarycavecave inceasecease firecease-firecessationchangechange-overcloseclosingcockcollapsecomedowncontinueconversioncrashcrimecrime against humanityculpaculpable negligenceday offdeadly sindebasementdecadencedecadencydecelerationdeclensiondeclinationdeclinedecline and falldecrescendodecurrencedefaultdeformationdegeneracydegeneratedegeneratenessdegenerationdegradationdelinquencydemotion
Noun(17 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (159)
depravationdepravednessdepreciationderelictionderogationdescenddescentdesertiondeterioratedeteriorationdeviatedeviationdevolutiondiedie awaydiminishdiminuendodiminutiondisappeardisenchantment
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disregarddivedowntrenddownturndownward mobilitydownward trenddroopdropdwindlingdyingebbeffetenessendendureenormityerrerrorevilexpirefadefadingfailfailingfailurefailure of nervefallfall again intofall asternfall awayfall backfall behindfall from gracefall into errorfall offfalling backfalling-offfalse movefalse stepfaultfelonyflip flopflip-flopflitflopflop downflowflow onfluffflumpflump downflyfoiblefounderfrailtygapgenocideget behindgive wayglidegloss overgo amissgo astraygo awrygo backwardsgo behindgo bygo downgo downhillgo offgo ongo outgo wronggoofgrowthguilty acthave a relapsehave ithave its timehave run outheavy sinhesitationhiatushit a slumphit rock bottomhit the skidshold-upholidayhomestretchignoreimpietyimpiousnessimproprietyinadvertenceinadvertencyinattentionindiscretioninexpiable sininfractioniniquityinjuryinjusticeinteriminterludeintermezzointermissionintermittenceinterruptionintervalinvolutionirreligionirreverencejerkjerk back
Related words (264)
lacheslacunalaissez fairelaissez-fairelapse backlapse from gracelapsus calamilapsus linguaelastlast laplast roundlast stagelaxitylaxnesslayofflet golet ridelet slidelet slipletup
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loose threadloosenesslose groundlose sight oflose track ofloss of tonelourlowerloweringlullmalefactionmalfeasancemalumminor wrongmisadventuremiscalculatemiscuemisdeedmisdemeanormisfeasancemisstepmistakemortal sinnaturalizationneglectneglectfulnessnegligencenodnonfeasancenoninterferencenonperformancenonrestrictionnot care fornot get involvednot heednot thinkoffenceoffenseomissionoutrageoverlookoverlookingpasspass awaypass bypass overpassagepausepeccadillopeccancypermissivenessplopplop downplumpplungepoor stewardshippress onproceedprocrastinationprogresspull backre-formationreach the depthsreactionrecederecessrecessionrecidivaterecidivationrecidivismreclamationreconversionrecreancyrecrudescencerecur torecurrencereductionreentryrefluencerefluxregressregressionrehabilitationreinstatementremissionremissnessrenewalresolutionrespiterestrestitutionrestorationretreatretroactionretrocederetrocessionretroflexretroflexionretrogradationretrograderetrogressretrogressionretroversionretrovertretrusionreturnreturn toreturningreversalreversereversionrevertrevert torevertingrevulsionroll onrollbackrunrun downrun its courserun onrun outsagsetsetbacksettlesettle downshiftshortcomingsinsin of commissionsin of omissionsinful actsink backsink downsinkageslacknesssleepslideslide backslightslipslip awayslip backslip of the tongueslip upslippageslipping backslipupslouchslowdownslumpslump downspacestand downstand-downstaysternwaystopstraystumblesubmergesubmergencesubsidesubsidencesuspensionswagswitchswitch overswitch-overtake for grantedterminatethrowbacktorttouch bottomtransformationtransgresstransgressiontransittransitiontrespasstriptruceturnturnaboutturning intoundutifulnessunrigorousnessunutterable sinvacationvenial sinviceviolationvolte facevolte-facewanderwanewear awaywear offwrongwrong stepyield again to
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More general
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
Synonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
14 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
Translations
27 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- малка грешка noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
- пропуск noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
Catalan
1 entries- lapsus noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
Dutch
4 entries- fout noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
- tenietgang noun (a termination of a right, etc, through disuse or neglect.)
- vergissing noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
- verstrijken noun (a termination of a right, etc, through disuse or neglect.)
French
2 entries- erreur noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
- faute noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
German
4 entries- Ausrutscher noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
- Entgleisung noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
- Erlöschen noun (a termination of a right, etc, through disuse or neglect.)
- Verfall noun (a termination of a right, etc, through disuse or neglect.)
Greek
1 entries- παραγραφή noun (a termination of a right, etc, through disuse or neglect.)
Polish
3 entries- błąd noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
- pomyłka noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
- potknięcie noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
Portuguese
2 entries- lapso noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
- prescrição noun (a termination of a right, etc, through disuse or neglect.)
Russian
2 entries- ля́псус noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
- оплошность noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
Spanish
4 entries- desliz noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
- lapso noun (an interval of time between events)
- lapsus noun (a temporary failure; a slip)
- prescripción noun (a termination of a right, etc, through disuse or neglect.)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Every time we talk about this, you lapse into silence.
Source: tatoeba (8985167)
We impose upon our representatives a high standard of probity. Even a small lapse in integrity will result in recall.
Source: tatoeba (10693866)
His person was not eminent enough, either by nature or circumstance, to deserve a public memorial simply for his own sake, after the lapse of a century and a half from the era in which he flourished.
Source: tatoeba (11005436)
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