How many syllables in Lapse
Word
Lapse
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1 Syllable
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lapse
Definition
- n. - A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or
imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to
immaterial things, or to figurative uses.
- n. - A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight
deviation from truth or rectitude.
- n. - 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.
- n. - A fall or apostasy.
- v. i. - To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away;
to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to
figurative uses.
- v. i. - 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.
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