Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "lapse" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

anti-lapse hyperlapse hyperlapse interlapse interlapse jitter lapse lapsation lapsation lapse rate lapser lapsible lapsingly time-lapse unlapsing

Context

legal meteorology theology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

advance break cease drop away drop off end error failure fall away fault finish forego forfeit forgo give up go on intermission interruption march on mistake move move on pass on pause progress regress retrovert return revert slip stop suspension terminate throw overboard turn back waive

Type Of (IsA)

pause situation

Manner Of

end forfeit slip

Related Terms

lapsarian

Related Terms

air altitude apostasy common law continuity decline disuse error event failure fall fall away ground heresy interval lapsarian legatee neglect patron pause right slip standard subside temperature temporary termination testator time void

Synonym Network

backsliding blooper elapse oversight relapse sink

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