lapse

English Thesaurus

1. a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

hypernym	:	failure,
definition	:	an act that fails (noun.act)

hyponym	:	recidivism,
definition	:	habitual relapse into crime (noun.act)

2. a mistake resulting from inattention (noun.act)

hypernym	:	error, fault, mistake,
definition	:	a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention (noun.act)

3. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something (noun.time)

hypernym	:	break, intermission, interruption, pause, suspension,
definition	:	a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something (noun.time)

4. go back to bad behavior (verb.body)

hypernym	:	regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back,
definition	:	go back to a previous state (verb.change)

5. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards (verb.change)

hypernym	:	drop away, drop off, fall away, slip,
definition	:	get worse (verb.change)

6. end, at least for a long time (verb.change)

hypernym	:	cease, end, finish, stop, terminate,
definition	:	have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical (verb.stative)

7. pass into a specified state or condition (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	move,
definition	:	go or proceed from one point to another (verb.change)

8. pass by (verb.motion)

hypernym	:	advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress,
definition	:	move forward, also in the metaphorical sense (verb.motion)

hyponym	:	fell, fly, vanish,
definition	:	pass away rapidly (verb.motion)

9. let slip (verb.possession)

hypernym	:	forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive,
definition	:	lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime (verb.possession)

10. a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

derivation	:	fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress,
definition	:	go back to bad behavior (verb.body)

derivation	:	backslide, lapse,
definition	:	drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards (verb.change)

derivation	:	get worse, relapse,
definition	:	deteriorate in health (verb.change)

derivation	:	regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back,
definition	:	go back to a previous state (verb.change)

11. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something (noun.time)

derivation	:	lapse,
definition	:	end, at least for a long time (verb.change)

derivation	:	elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by,
definition	:	pass by (verb.motion)

derivation	:	lapse,
definition	:	let slip (verb.possession)

12. go back to bad behavior (verb.body)

derivation	:	backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting,
definition	:	a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

derivation	:	recidivism,
definition	:	habitual relapse into crime (noun.act)

13. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards (verb.change)

derivation	:	backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting,
definition	:	a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

derivation	:	backslider, recidivist, reversionist,
definition	:	someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior (noun.person)

14. end, at least for a long time (verb.change)

derivation	:	lapse,
definition	:	a break or intermission in the occurrence of something (noun.time)

15. pass into a specified state or condition (verb.motion)

derivation	:	passage, transition,
definition	:	the act of passing from one state or place to the next (noun.act)

16. pass by (verb.motion)

derivation	:	lapse, lapse,
definition	:	a break or intermission in the occurrence of something (noun.time)

17. a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

derivation	:	fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress,
definition	:	go back to bad behavior (verb.body)

derivation	:	backslide, lapse,
definition	:	drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards (verb.change)

derivation	:	get worse, relapse,
definition	:	deteriorate in health (verb.change)

derivation	:	regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back,
definition	:	go back to a previous state (verb.change)

18. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something (noun.time)

derivation	:	lapse,
definition	:	end, at least for a long time (verb.change)

derivation	:	elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by,
definition	:	pass by (verb.motion)

derivation	:	lapse,
definition	:	let slip (verb.possession)

19. go back to bad behavior (verb.body)

derivation	:	backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting,
definition	:	a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

derivation	:	recidivism,
definition	:	habitual relapse into crime (noun.act)

20. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards (verb.change)

derivation	:	backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting,
definition	:	a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

derivation	:	backslider, recidivist, reversionist,
definition	:	someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior (noun.person)

21. end, at least for a long time (verb.change)

derivation	:	lapse,
definition	:	a break or intermission in the occurrence of something (noun.time)

22. pass into a specified state or condition (verb.motion)

derivation	:	passage, transition,
definition	:	the act of passing from one state or place to the next (noun.act)

23. pass by (verb.motion)

derivation	:	lapse, lapse,
definition	:	a break or intermission in the occurrence of something (noun.time)

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