lapse /laps/

1. To slip or glide
2. To pass by degrees
3. To fall away by ceasing or relaxing effort or cause
4. To fall from the faith
5. To fail in virtue or duty
6. To pass into disuse
7. To pass or fail owing to some omission or non-fulfilment
8. To become void

1. To catch in a lapse (Shakespeare; perh with associations of lap or latch)
2. To allow to pass, fall away or become void

1. A slip
2. Passage (of time)
3. A falling away
4. A failure (in virtue, attention, memory, etc)
5. A vertical gradient, eg of atmospheric temperature
6. A gliding (archaic)

lapsˈable adjective

Liable to lapse

lapsed adjective

1. Having slipped or passed or been let slip
2. Esp in the Christian Church, fallen away from the faith

lapse rate noun (meteorology)

Rate of change in temperature in relation to height in the atmosphere

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