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Definition lapse

Etymology

From Middle French laps, from Latin l?psus, from l?b? (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus.

Noun

lapse (plural lapses)

  1. A temporary failure; a slip.
  2. A decline or fall in standards.
  3. A pause in continuity.
  4. An interval of time between events.
  5. A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
  6. (meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
  7. (law) 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.
  8. (theology) A fall or apostasy.

Verb

lapse (third-person singular simple present lapses, present participle lapsing, simple past and past participle lapsed)

  1. (intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.
  2. (intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.
  3. To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
  4. (intransitive) To become void.
  5. 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.

Results 230 Words with the letters LAPSE

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7 letter words with the letters LAPSE 
6 letter words with the letters LAPSE 
ALEPHS 12
APPELS 13
APPLES 13
ASLEEP 10
ASLOPE 10
ELAPSE 10
ESPIAL 10
LAPELS 11
LAPSED 11
LAPSER 10
LAPSES 10
LIPASE 10
MAPLES 13
PADLES 11
PALEST 10
PALETS 10
PANELS 11
PARLES 10
PASSEL 10
PASTEL 10
PEARLS 10
PEDALS 11
PETALS 10
PLACES 13
PLAGES 12
PLANES 11
PLATES 10
PLEADS 11
PLEASE 10
PLEATS 10
SALEPS 10
SALPAE 10
SAMPLE 13
SEPALS 10
SEPTAL 10
SPALES 10
SPLAKE 14
STAPLE 10
TEPALS 10
5 letter words with the letters LAPSE 
4 letter words with the letters LAPSE 
ALES 5
ALPS 8
APES 7
APSE 7
LAPS 8
LASE 5
LEAP 8
LEAS 5
PALE 8
PALS 8
PASE 7
PEAL 8
PEAS 7
PLEA 8
SALE 5
SALP 8
SEAL 5
SLAP 8
SPAE 7
3 letter words with the letters LAPSE 
ALE 4
ALP 7
ALS 4
APE 6
ASP 6
ELS 4
LAP 7
LAS 4
LEA 4
PAL 7
PAS 6
PEA 6
PES 6
SAE 3
SAL 4
SAP 6
SEA 3
SEL 4
SPA 6
2 letter words with the letters LAPSE 
AE 2
AL 3
AS 2
EL 3
ES 2
LA 3
PA 5
PE 5

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