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pass by, as of time

go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters"

end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"

pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana"

go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters"

end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"

pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana"

pass by; "three years elapsed"

A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.

The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege.

A fall or apostasy.

To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.

To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc.

To become ineffectual or void; to fall.

To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender.

A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; - restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.

To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; - mostly restricted to figurative uses.

A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.

The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege.

A fall or apostasy.

To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.

To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc.

To become ineffectual or void; to fall.

To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender.

A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; - restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.

To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; - mostly restricted to figurative uses.

Under a will, the failure of a gift of property. A gift lapses when the beneficiary dies before the person who made the will, and no alternate has been named. Some states have anti-lapse statutes, which prevent gifts to relatives of the deceased person from lapsing unless the relative has no heirs of his or her own. A lapsed gift becomes part of the residuary estate.

To slip slowly away; as, his interest lapsed; to fall into ruin by degrees; commit a fault or fail in duty; pass to another owner by neglect or death; as, the title lapsed.

A gliding or passing away slowly; as, the lapse of time; slight fault or mistake; the ending of a claim, right, etc., through failure to assert or exercise it.

1. To cease payment of the premium on a policy and therefore to forfeit the policy. 2. To be cancelled in consequence of the non-payment of premiums, said of a policy of insurance.

To slip or glide: to pass by degrees: to fall from the faith or from virtue: to fail in duty: to pass to another proprietor by the negligence of a patron, etc.: to become void.

A slipping or falling: a failing in duty: a fault: a gliding, a passing.

To pass gradually; glide; slip; to pass out of possession, as a title to property; become void.

A slipping or passing away; failure; error.

A gliding; a slight error or mistake; a slip; a falling or passing; omission to present to a benefice in due time, which gives the right to another.

To pass slowly, silently, or by degrees; to commit a fault by inadvertency or mistake; to fall or pass from one to another by omission or negligence, as property.

n. [Latin] A gliding or flowing; a slipping or falling;— a smooth flow, course, or descent;— a slip; an error;— a failing in duty; a deviation from truth and rectitude;— apostacy;— omission of a patron to present a clerk to a benefice within six months after it becomes void.