Unscramble lapse

Definition of lapse

noun:

• a mistake resulting from inattention. Synonyms: oversight.
• a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters".
• a failure to maintain a higher state. Synonyms: backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting.

verb:

• pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana". Synonyms: pass, sink.
• end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed".
• drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards. Synonyms: backslide.
• go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals". Synonyms: fall back, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress.
• let slip; "He lapsed his membership".
• pass by; "three years elapsed". Synonyms: elapse, glide by, go along, go by, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by.

Related words

fell, fly, recidivism, vanish.

Words nearby

apse, elapse, lapsed.

Rhymes with

collapse, craps, elapse, flaps, perhaps, relapse, schnapps, scraps, taps.