Antonyms for lapse
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : laps |
| Phonetic Transcription : læps |
Definition of lapse
Origin :- mid-15c., "elapsing of time, expiration;" also "temporary forfeiture of a legal right," from Middle French laps "lapse," from Latin lapsus "a slipping and falling, flight (of time), falling into error," from labi "to slip, glide, fall." Meaning "moral transgression, sin" is c.1500; that of "slip of the memory" is 1520s; that of "a falling away from one's faith" is from 1650s.
- noun mistake
- noun break in action
- noun backsliding
- verb become void; fall back into previous pattern
- But the lapse of a few months will confirm or dispel their fears.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- It was not, however, before the lapse of several months that he succeeded.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Discredited by lapse of time and offensive to the popular taste, as an old book.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- Only recently, after the lapse of years, did I learn the cause of their deserting me.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- After the lapse of half an hour or so, the elder Chester, gaily dressed, went out.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- Before the lapse of many minutes the party halted at the Maypole door.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- Then they suffer and lapse into moral and physical degradation.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- It was not until after the lapse of fifteen years that these facts were disclosed.
- Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
- I was thankful that my lapse from duty had been of no longer duration.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- After the lapse of some months, in which Philip had not been seen at Sulby, she wrote him a letter.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
Synonyms for lapse
- apostatize
- backslide
- become obsolete
- blunder
- breach
- bungle
- cease
- crime
- decadence
- declension
- decline
- degenerate
- degeneration
- descend
- descent
- deteriorate
- deterioration
- devolution
- die
- drop
- elapse
- end
- error
- expire
- failing
- failure
- fall
- fault
- flub
- foible
- frailty
- gaff
- gap
- go by
- goof
- goof-up
- indiscretion
- intermission
- interruption
- interval
- lacuna
- lull
- miscue
- negligence
- offense
- omission
- oversight
- pass
- passage
- pause
- recede
- recession
- recidivate
- regression
- relapse
- retrogradation
- retrograde
- retrogression
- return
- revert
- run out
- screw-up
- sin
- slide
- slip
- slip-up
- subside
- terminate
- transgression
- trespass
- trip
- vice
- violation
- weaken
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