lapse
lapse n
L. lapsāre, a slip or fall.
- Break; pause; cessation; reprieve; respite; time out; period of rest.
- Passage; interval; intervening period.
- Loss; removal; slipping off; [fig.] decay; death.
lapse [-d] v
See lapse, n.
- Dwindle; expire; subside; ebb; recede; die; pass gradually.