lapse

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /læps/

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• Hyphenation: lap‧se

Noun

Singular lapse

Plural lapses

1. (countable) A lapse is an error or a failure made because of a carelessness.

Verb

Plain form lapse

Third-person singular lapses

Past tense lapsed

Past participle lapsed

Present participle lapsing

1. (intransitive) If you lapse, you make one or more mistakes because of a carelessness.
2. (intransitive) If you lapse, you start to make your bad habits that you avoided before.