Lapse

What do we mean by lapse?

To fall from a previous level or standard, as of accomplishment, quality, or conduct. intransitive verb

To deviate from a prescribed or accepted way. intransitive verb

To pass gradually or smoothly; slip. intransitive verb

To come to an end, especially gradually or temporarily. intransitive verb

To be no longer valid or active; expire. intransitive verb

To cease to be available as a result of expiration, disuse, or impossibility. Used of a right or privilege. intransitive verb

To go by; elapse. intransitive verb

To allow to lapse. intransitive verb

The act or an instance of lapsing, as. noun

A usually minor or temporary failure; a slip. noun

A deterioration or decline. noun

A moral fall. noun

A break in continuity; a pause. noun

A period of time; an interval. noun

The termination of a right or privilege as a result of expiration, disuse, or impossibility. noun

To be found lapsing or erring.

A falling; a continued falling off or away; a passing or gliding along or away: as, the lapse of flowing water; the lapse of time. noun

A gradual fall or descent; passage downward, physical or moral; a passing from a higher to a lower place, state, or condition: as, a lapse from integrity; a lapse into sin. noun

A temporary failure; a slip.

A decline or fall in standards.

A pause in continuity.

An interval of time between events.

A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.

A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.

A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.

A fall or apostasy.

Words that are spelled similarly to lapse:
lapse, apse, elapse, lase, laps, lasse, lipse, lape, lapsi, lanse, lappe, lapre, larse, lause, oapse.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word lapse:
tropopause, adiabatic, judgement, kilometer, parcel, judgment, convection, floyd, coma, rate, moist, instability, reason, unstable, moisture, altitude, concentration, temperature, pink, atmosphere, photography, revived, trademark, rates, copyright, delay, dry, shift, equation, camera, domain, memory, gap, height.

Words that rhyme with lapse:
collapse, relapse, perhaps, elapse, apps, caps, taps, chaps, schnapps, scraps, craps, flaps, snaps, fraps, traps, maps, gaps, wraps, laps, mishaps, saps, straps, raps, naps, bootstraps, schnaps, claps, lapps, zaps, slaps, yaps, graps, overlaps, capps, hubcaps, knaps, handicaps, book of maps, japs, recaps, kneecaps, kaps, kidnaps, wiretaps, shoot craps, millsaps, crapps, kappes.

Adjectives that are often used to describe lapse:
long, momentary, mere, considerable, moral, temporary, certain, occasional, short, serious, brief, single, year, sudden, mental, unfortunate, sufficient, further, slight, significant, slightest, greater, minor, apparent, time, vast, curious, ethical, still, strange, average, rare, silent, gradual, liquid, regrettable, longer, enormous, fatal, initial, extraordinary, slow, reasonable, grave, subsequent, immense, appreciable, inevitable, suitable, uncharacteristic, sad, definite, odd, indefinite, substantial, minute, month, terrible, grievous, day, convenient, frequent, inexplicable, deplorable, lamentable, obvious, temporal, consequent, embarrassing, unaccountable.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective lapse:
photography, rate, cinematography, microscopy, rates, imaging, films, film, studies, camera, photographs, sequence, images, pictures, movies, analysis, recording, cinemicrography, study, video, sequences, statute, movie, cameras, recordings, series, photograph, recorder, data, observations, statutes, microcinematography, technique, filming, picture, techniques, photos, photomicrography, experiments, mode, recorders, equipment, observation, videomicroscopy, records, shots, image, photo, cinephotomicrography, shot, feature, record, experiment, videos, analyses, surveys, videography, monitoring, frames, footage, imagery, microphotography, intervals, vcr, photomicrographs, drive, mechanism, vcrs, ratio, animation, cinephotography, apparatus, restrictions, exposure, photomicroscopy, attachment, provision, cinemicrographs, cinemicrophotography, measurements, exposures, acquisition.

Consonant match to lapse:
lips, laps, loops, leaps, lopes, lapps, lipse, loups, lipps.

Words that sound like lapse:
laps, lapse, lapps, lips, loops, leaps, lopes, lops, lipps, leps, lipse, lups, lapes, loupes, loups, lap, lass, labs, lamps, claps, elapse, flaps, slaps, lapsed, lapis, lappy, lasse, lapp, lappe, elaps, lappa, lurps, llap, lapi, lappi, loopz, lapsi, chaps, haps, happs, yaps, shaps, whaps, laughs, lab, leap, lace, lease, clips, flips, flops, las, ellipse, leep, laos, lapped, lep, lats, lattes, leese, elipse, clops, blips, lape, -less, layups, lapper, lay ups, elopes, bleeps, leece, leppy, lapa, leise, lepe, labes, lay-ups, laper, labbe, laios, lepo, lepa, lapo, bloops, klips, laths, laup, lepp, lece, latz, labb, elops, leiss, lapt, laabs, lapar, lepi, laap, lapas, leip.