All lapse synonyms

noun lapse

• offense — a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
• omission — the act of omitting.
• oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
• sin — the 12th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
• transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
• violation — the act of violating.
• bungle — If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
• flub — a blunder.
• foible — a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect: an all-too-human foible.
• frailty — the quality or state of being frail.
• gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
• goof — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
• trespass — Law. an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied. a wrongful entry upon the lands of another. the action to recover damages for such an injury.
• trip — a group of animals, as sheep, goats, or fowl; flock.
• vice — any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
• goof-up — a foolish or stupid person.
• screw-up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
• gap — a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.
• interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
• space — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
• break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
• wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• hiatus — a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
• interruption — an act or instance of interrupting.
• lull — to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
• intermission — a short interval between the acts of a play or parts of a public performance, usually a period of approximately 10 or 15 minutes, allowing the performers and audience a rest.
• lacuna — a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
• passage — a slow, cadenced trot executed with great elevation of the feet and characterized by a moment of suspension before the feet strike the ground.
• backsliding — If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
• deterioration — the act or process of deteriorating.
• decadence — deterioration, esp of morality or culture; decay; degeneration
• declension — the inflection of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives for case, number, and gender
• degeneration — the process of degenerating
• descent — A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
• devolution — Devolution is the transfer of some authority or power from a central organization or government to smaller organizations or government departments.
• recession — a return of ownership to a former possessor.
• regression — the act of going back to a previous place or state; return or reversion.
• retrogression — the act of retrogressing; movement backward.
• retrogradation — backward movement.