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" (507 found)
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Closest matches (102)
abeyanceabout faceabout-faceadvancealchemyapostasyapostatizeassimilationassumptionatavismatheismatrocitybackingbacksetbackslidebackslidingbackward deviationbackward motionbackward stepbalk
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barbarismbe all overbe caught nappingbe gonebe neglectfulbe negligentbe no morebe pastbecome extinctbecome voidbecomingbevueblooperblow overblunderbonerbreachbreakbullbunglecadencecaesuracatabasiscatenarycavecave inceasecease firecease-firecessationchangechange-overcloseclosingcockcollapsecomedowncontinueconversioncrashcrimecrime against humanityculpaculpable negligenceday offdeadly sindebasementdecadencedecadencydecelerationdeclensiondeclinationdeclinedecline and falldecrescendodecurrencedefaultdeformationdegeneracydegeneratedegeneratenessdegenerationdegradationdelinquencydemotiondepravationdepravednessdepreciationderelictionderogationdescenddescentdesertion
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (152)
deterioratedeteriorationdeviatedeviationdevolutiondiedie awaydiminishdiminuendodiminutiondisappeardisenchantmentdisregarddivedowntrenddownturndownward mobilitydownward trenddroopdrop
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dwindlingdyingebbeffetenesselapseendendureenormityerrerrorevilexpirefadefadingfailfailingfailurefailure 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 backlacheslacunalaissez faire
Noun(15 words)
driftelapsed timeenderrorexpirationexpirefail to recallfalterfaultforgetfulnessforgettinggaphiatusindiscretionsinterval
Preposition(1 words)
entre temps
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (253)
laissez-fairelapse backlapse from gracelapsus calamilapsus linguaelastlast laplast roundlast stagelaxitylaxnesslayofflet golet ridelet slidelet slipletuploose threadloosenesslose ground
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lose sight oflose track ofloss of tonelourlowerloweringlullmalefactionmalfeasancemalumminor wrongmisadventuremiscalculatemiscuemisdeedmisdemeanormisfeasancemisstepmistakemortal sinnaturalizationneglectneglectfulnessnegligencenodnonfeasancenoninterferencenonperformancenonrestrictionnot care fornot get involvednot heednot thinkoffenceoffenseomissionoutrageoverlookoverlookingoversightpasspass awaypass bypass overpassagepausepeccadillopeccancypermissivenessplopplop downplumpplungepoor stewardshippress onproceedprocrastinationprogresspull backre-formationreach the depthsreactionrecederecessrecessionrecidivaterecidivationrecidivismreclamationreconversionrecreancyrecrudescencerecur torecurrencereductionreentryrefluencerefluxregressregressionrehabilitationreinstatementrelapseremissionremissnessrenewalresolutionrespiterestrestitutionrestorationretreatretroactionretrocederetrocessionretroflexretroflexionretrogradationretrograderetrogressretrogressionretroversionretrovertretrusionreturnreturn toreturningreversalreversereversionrevertrevert torevertingrevulsionroll onrollbackrunrun downrun its courserun onrun outsagsetsetbacksettlesettle downshiftshortcomingsinsin of commissionsin of omissionsinful actsinksink backsink downsinkageslacknesssleepslideslide backslightslipslip awayslip backslip of the tongueslip upslippageslipping backslipupslouchslowdownslumpslump downsolecismspacestand downstand-downstaysternwaystopstraystumblesubmergesubmergencesubsidesubsidencesuspensionswagswitchswitch overswitch-overtake for grantedterminatethrowbacktorttouch bottomtransformationtransgresstransgressiontransittransitiontrespasstriptruceturnturnaboutturning intoundutifulnessunrigorousnessunutterable sinvacationvenial sinviceviolationvolte facevolte-facewanderwanewear awaywear offwrongwrong stepyield again to
Noun(17 words)
lapsingmiscuesmistakenonrenewalomit analysisoverlooksoversightpeccadilloespeccadillosrelapsingreversionrevertingslipslipsterminationtime out strategiesvoid
Adverb(1 words)
not notice
Verb(11 words)
Adjective(1 words)
unpreserved land
Related word relations
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More general
45 entriesShowing 16 of 45 words.
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14 entriesattention lapsebackslidingcontract lapseexpirationforgetfulnessjudgment lapselicense lapselong intervalmemory lapsepolicy lapserelapseshort intervalsilencetime lapse
Collocations
8 entriesethical lapselapse in judgmentlapse of concentrationlapse ratelicense lapsememory lapsepolicy lapsetime lapse
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
1 entriesSample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Every time we talk about this, you lapse into silence.
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We impose upon our representatives a high standard of probity. Even a small lapse in integrity will result in recall.
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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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