OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 29414

lapse

/læps/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
desliz • lapsus
A temporary failure; a slip.
lapse of judgment
memory lapse
lapso
An interval of time between events.
Bacon was content to wait the lapse of long centuries for his expected revenue of fame
Still onward winds the dreary way; ⁠I with it; for I long to prove ⁠No lapse of moons can canker Love, Whatever fickle tongues may say.
prescripción
A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 29415

lapse

/læps/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
incidir
To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.