lapse

lapse n

L. lapsāre, a slip or fall.

  1. Break; pause; cessation; reprieve; respite; time out; period of rest.
  2. Passage; interval; intervening period.
  3. Loss; removal; slipping off; [fig.] decay; death.

lapse [-d] v

See lapse, n.

  1. Dwindle; expire; subside; ebb; recede; die; pass gradually.