LAPSE
/læps/
7
Scrabble
9
WWF
L(1) A(1) P(3) S(1) E(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/læps/
noun
- A temporary failure; a slip.
- A decline or fall in standards.
- A pause in continuity.
- An interval of time between events.
- A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
verb
- To fall away gradually; to subside.
- To fall into error or heresy.
- To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
- To become void.
- To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
Source: Wiktionary
