Definition of lapse

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Lapse (n.) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege..

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Recidivous :: Recidivous (a.) Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.
Delapsed :: Delapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Delaps.
Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A fall or apostasy.
Lapsible :: Lapsible (a.) Liable to lapse.
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide..
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.
Proctocele :: Proctocele (n.) Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani..
Circumduce :: Circumduce (v. t.) To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence..
Prolapsus :: Prolapsus (n.) Prolapse.
Illapsed :: Illapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Illaps.
Irrelapsable :: Irrelapsable (a.) Not liable to relapse; secure.
Lapse :: Lapse (n.) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege..
Instauration :: Instauration (n.) Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance..
Past :: Past (v.) Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences..
Weed :: Weed (n.) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed..
Setback :: Setback (n.) A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..
Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy..
Algidity :: Algidity (n.) coldness and collapse.
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed..
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