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lapse

noun
  1. a failure to maintain a higher state
    backsliding
  2. a mistake resulting from inattention
    oversight
  3. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
    “a lapse of three weeks between letters”
verb
  1. go back to bad behavior
    relapseregressrecidivateretrogressfall back
  2. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
    backslide
  3. end, at least for a long time
    “The correspondence lapsed”
  4. pass into a specified state or condition
    passsink
  5. pass by
    “three years elapsed”
    passgo byelapseslip byglide byslip awayslide bygo along
  6. to let slip
    “They lapsed their gym membership.”