2syllables
lapses
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Definitions oflapses
1noun
- A temporary failure; a slip.
- A decline or fall in standards.
- A pause in continuity.
Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium
- An interval of time between events.
Synonyms: "between-time", gap
- 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.
1verb
- To fall away gradually; to subside.
- To fall into error or heresy.
- To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
- To become void.
- To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
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