ALL meanings of lapses
lapse
L l - noun lapses Plural form of lapse. 1
- noun lapses an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice. 1
- noun lapses a slip or error, often of a trivial sort; failure: a lapse of memory. 1
- noun lapses an interval or passage of time; elapsed period: a lapse of ten minutes before the program resumed. 1
- noun lapses a moral fall, as from rectitude or virtue. 1
- noun lapses a fall or decline to a lower grade, condition, or degree; descent; regression: a lapse into savagery. 1
- noun lapses the act of falling, slipping, sliding, etc., slowly or by degrees. 1
- noun lapses a falling into disuse. 1
- noun lapses Insurance. discontinuance of coverage resulting from nonpayment of a premium; termination of a policy. 1
- noun lapses Law. the termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it or through failure of some contingency. 1
- noun lapses Meteorology. lapse rate. 1
- noun lapses Archaic. a gentle, downward flow, as of water. 1
- verb without object lapses to fall or deviate from a previous standard; fail to maintain a normative level: Toward the end of the book the author lapsed into bad prose. 1
- verb without object lapses to come to an end; stop: We let our subscription to that magazine lapse. 1
- verb without object lapses to fall, slip, or sink; subside: to lapse into silence. 1
- verb without object lapses to fall into disuse: The custom lapsed after a period of time. 1
- verb without object lapses to deviate or abandon principles, beliefs, etc.: to lapse into heresy. 1
- verb without object lapses to fall spiritually, as an apostate: to lapse from grace. 1
- verb without object lapses to pass away, as time; elapse. 1
- verb without object lapses Law. to become void, as a legacy to someone who dies before the testator. 1
- verb without object lapses to cease being in force; terminate: Your insurance policy will lapse after 30 days. 1
- noun lapses plural of lapse. 0
- verb lapses third-person singular simple present indicative form of lapse. 0