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a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters" drop to a lower level, as in one''s morals or standards end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed" let slip; "He lapsed his membership" a failure to maintain a higher state a mistake resulting from inattention go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" pass by; "three years elapsed" pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana" |
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