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Meaning Of Lapse
n.
A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or
imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to
immaterial things, or to figurative uses.
n.
A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight
deviation from truth or rectitude.
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.
n.
A fall or apostasy.
v. i.
To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away;
to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to
figurative uses.
v. i.
To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to
fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by
inadvertence or mistake.
v. i.
To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from
the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of
some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc.
v. i.
To become ineffectual or void; to fall.
v. t.
To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to
pass.
v. t.
To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or
catch, as an offender.