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lapse n. [
oversight] a mistake resulting from inattention
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lapse v. [
sink, pass] pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana"
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lapse n. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters"
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lapse v. end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"
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lapse n. [
backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting] a failure to maintain a higher state
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