Synonyms for lapse
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1. lapseverb

   To fall away gradually; to subside

   Synonyms:
   slip, mistake, fault, faux pas, gaffe, boo-boo, fluff, error, stumble, defect, blooper, thinko, blunder

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1. lapse

   Synonyms:
   gliding, falling, flow, onflow, flux, progress, escheatment, devolution, reversion, elapsing

   Antonyms:
   stability, uprightness, stationariness, fixture, arrestation, stoppage, retention, inheritance, possession

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1. oversight, lapsenoun

   a mistake resulting from inattention

   Synonyms:
   supervision, reverting, superintendence, relapse, supervising, reversion, inadvertence, relapsing, oversight, lapsing, backsliding

2. lapsenoun

   a break or intermission in the occurrence of something

   "a lapse of three weeks between letters"

   Synonyms:
   backsliding, lapsing, reversion, reverting, oversight, relapse, relapsing

3. backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, revertingverb

   a failure to maintain a higher state

   Synonyms:
   reversal, atavism, oversight, turnaround, relapsing, regress, backsliding, lapsing, throwback, regression, turnabout, reverse, reverting, relapse, retrogression, reversion, retroversion

4. sink, pass, lapseverb

   pass into a specified state or condition

   "He sank into nirvana"

   Synonyms:
   run, perish, fall back, elapse, go past, make pass, lead, top, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, backslide, occur, die, drop down, subside, snuff it, excrete, turn over, go, spend, slide by, recidivate, fade, hand, legislate, happen, egest, exit, exceed, fleet, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, slide down, make it, authorize, pop off, expire, regress, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, retrogress, give, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, sink, eliminate, croak, pass off, give-up the ghost, return, blow over, take place, fall off, overhaul, go through, reach, dip, communicate, go under, come about, choke, pass by, go across, overtake, transcend, glide by, relapse, extend, decease, fall, pass, clear, drop, conk, travel by, bury, buy the farm, go down, pass along, authorise, go along, surpass, guide, slump, settle, pass on

5. lapseverb

   end, at least for a long time

   "The correspondence lapsed"

   Synonyms:
   slide by, retrogress, glide by, slip away, go by, slip by, relapse, recidivate, sink, elapse, backslide, fall back, pass, go along, regress

6. lapse, backslideverb

   drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

   Synonyms:
   slide by, retrogress, glide by, slip away, go by, slip by, relapse, recidivate, sink, elapse, backslide, fall back, pass, go along, regress

7. relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall backverb

   go back to bad behavior

   "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

   Synonyms:
   go along, slip away, recidivate, backslide, retrogress, lag, retrovert, regress, elapse, dawdle, revert, fall back, fall behind, sink, lose, glide by, retrograde, resort, pass, return, slide by, recede, drop off, relapse, slip by, go by, get worse, recur, turn back

8. lapseverb

   let slip

   "He lapsed his membership"

   Synonyms:
   slide by, retrogress, glide by, slip away, go by, slip by, relapse, recidivate, sink, elapse, backslide, fall back, pass, go along, regress

9. elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go alongverb

   pass by

   "three years elapsed"

   Synonyms:
   run, perish, elapse, go past, make pass, lead, top, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, continue, occur, die, sneak off, snuff it, excrete, turn over, go, spend, fall back, recidivate, fade, hand, legislate, happen, egest, authorise, exceed, fleet, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, transcend, make it, authorize, sneak out, regress, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, give, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, sink, eliminate, croak, pass off, give-up the ghost, return, blow over, take place, play along, expire, overhaul, go through, reach, communicate, go under, come about, keep, choke, pop off, go across, overtake, glide by, sneak away, extend, decease, fall, pass, proceed, pass by, clear, exit, conk, travel by, buy the farm, relapse, pass along, steal away, retrogress, slide by, go along, surpass, guide, backslide, pass on

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1. lapsenoun

   Synonyms:
   flow, gliding, flowing, smooth course

2. lapsenoun

   Synonyms:
   fall, decline, declension, falling off

3. lapsenoun

   Synonyms:
   slip, fault, error, shortcoming

4. lapseverb

   Synonyms:
   slip, glide, pass slowly

5. lapseverb

   Synonyms:
   fail in duty, commit a fault, fall from innocence

6. lapseverb

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) become void

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1. lapsenoun

   Synonyms:
   slip, misstep, indiscretion, backsliding, devolution

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1. List of paraphrases for "lapse":

   expiry, extinction, lapsing, expire, expiration, adiabatic, extinguishment, non-use, revocation, interval

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1. Scott McBride:

   As the lapse in appropriation continues, more than 55,000 Coast Guard active duty, reserve, and civilian employees will not receive monthly pay and benefits. In addition, the federal funding hiatus may affect the retired pay for 50,000 Coast Guard annuitants.

2. Mitch McConnell:

   The Senate should not wait to act. I sincerely hope that even our colleagues who may wish to vote against the House GOP bill will not make us prolong this brief lapse in authorities, and we'll be able to get these tools back online this week.

3. Karl L. Schultz:

   We're five plus weeks into the anxiety and stress of this government lapse and your non-pay, you as members of the armed forces should not be expected to shoulder this burden.

4. Francis Ketteh:

   Even if that dog had anything, finding it now will be difficult because of the time lapse. We are trying to do everything to find the source.

5. Ahmad Puzi:

   Orkim only alerted authorities 10 hours after they lost contact with Orkim Harmony ... The lapse after they lost communication made it very difficult for us.