Lapses

//ˈlæpsɪz//

Synonyms for "lapses" (529 found)

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Closest matches (106)

backsliding blooper elapse oversight relapse sink abeyance about face about-face advance alchemy apostasy apostatize assimilation assumption atavism atheism atrocity backing backset

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Noun(17 words)

break gap aberration backsliding barbarism between-time bloomer blooper blunder boner boo-boo breather caesura cessation clanger cock-up demurral

Verb(1 words)

backslide

Strong matches (159)

depravation depravedness depreciation dereliction derogation descend descent desertion deteriorate deterioration deviate deviation devolution die die away diminish diminuendo diminution disappear disenchantment

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disregard dive downtrend downturn downward mobility downward trend droop drop dwindling dying ebb effeteness end endure enormity err error evil expire fade fading fail failing failure failure of nerve fall fall again into fall astern fall away fall back fall behind fall from grace fall into error fall off falling back falling-off false move false step fault felony flip flop flip-flop flit flop flop down flow flow on fluff flump flump down fly foible founder frailty gap genocide get behind give way glide gloss over go amiss go astray go awry go backwards go behind go by go down go downhill go off go on go out go wrong goof growth guilty act have a relapse have it have its time have run out heavy sin hesitation hiatus hit a slump hit rock bottom hit the skids hold-up holiday homestretch ignore impiety impiousness impropriety inadvertence inadvertency inattention indiscretion inexpiable sin infraction iniquity injury injustice interim interlude intermezzo intermission intermittence interruption interval involution irreligion irreverence jerk jerk back

Verb(7 words)

elapse fall back glide by go along go by go left go south

Noun(19 words)

erroneity error fault faux pas floater flub fluff fuckup gaffe goof halt halting hiatus howler inaccuracy interim interlapse interregnum interruption

Related words (264)

laches lacuna laissez faire laissez-faire lapse back lapse from grace lapsus calami lapsus linguae last last lap last round last stage laxity laxness layoff let go let ride let slide let slip letup

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loose thread looseness lose ground lose sight of lose track of loss of tone lour lower lowering lull malefaction malfeasance malum minor wrong misadventure miscalculate miscue misdeed misdemeanor misfeasance misstep mistake mortal sin naturalization neglect neglectfulness negligence nod nonfeasance noninterference nonperformance nonrestriction not care for not get involved not heed not think offence offense omission outrage overlook overlooking pass pass away pass by pass over passage pause peccadillo peccancy permissiveness plop plop down plump plunge poor stewardship press on proceed procrastination progress pull back re-formation reach the depths reaction recede recess recession recidivate recidivation recidivism reclamation reconversion recreancy recrudescence recur to recurrence reduction reentry refluence reflux regress regression rehabilitation reinstatement remission remissness renewal resolution respite rest restitution restoration retreat retroaction retrocede retrocession retroflex retroflexion retrogradation retrograde retrogress retrogression retroversion retrovert retrusion return return to returning reversal reverse reversion revert revert to reverting revulsion roll on rollback run run down run its course run on run out sag set setback settle settle down shift shortcoming sin sin of commission sin of omission sinful act sink back sink down sinkage slackness sleep slide slide back slight slip slip away slip back slip of the tongue slip up slippage slipping back slipup slouch slowdown slump slump down space stand down stand-down stay sternway stop stray stumble submerge submergence subside subsidence suspension swag switch switch over switch-over take for granted terminate throwback tort touch bottom transformation transgress transgression transit transition trespass trip truce turn turnabout turning into undutifulness unrigorousness unutterable sin vacation venial sin vice violation volte face volte-face wander wane wear away wear off wrong wrong step yield again to

Noun(31 words)

lapsing lapsus lulu meantime meanwhile mess-up misstep mistake moratorium muck-up oopsy oversight pause recess relapse relapsing respite resting reversion reverting

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screwup slip slip-up slipup solecism stoppage stopping stumble suspension thinko wrength

Verb(11 words)

pass recidivate regress relapse retrogress sink slide by slip away slip by suffer worsen

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We all have memory lapses.

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