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lapse

/læps/ · 5 letters · 5 distinct letters

  1. noun

    a mistake resulting from inattention

  2. noun

    a break or intermission in the occurrence of something

    a lapse of three weeks between letters

  3. noun

    a failure to maintain a higher state

  4. verb

    pass into a specified state or condition

    He sank into nirvana

  5. verb

    end, at least for a long time

    The correspondence lapsed

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