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Universal
1a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement:a lapse of concentration in the second set cost her the match a decline from previously high standards:tracing his lapse into petty crime Law the termination of a right or privilege through disuse or failure to follow appropriate procedures.
2an interval or passage of time:there was a considerable lapse of time between the two events
1(of a right, privilege, or agreement) become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed; expire:he let his membership of CND lapse (of a state or activity) fail to be maintained; come to an end:if your diet has lapsed it’s time you revived it cease to follow the rules and practices of a religion or doctrine: many Christians in Britain have lapsed
2 (
lapse into)
pass gradually into (an inferior state or condition):the country has lapsed into chaos revert to (a previous or more familiar style of speaking or behaviour):the girls lapsed into French