Definitions For Lapse
noun
- A failure to maintain a higher state
- A mistake resulting from inattention
- A break or intermission in the occurrence of something
- An occurrence in which you fail to think or act in the usual or proper way for a brief time and make a mistake
- An occurrence in which someone behaves badly for usually a short period of time
- A change that results in worse behavior
verb
- Go back to bad behavior
- Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
- End, at least for a long time
- Pass into a specified state or condition
- Pass by
- Let slip
- To stop for usually a brief time
- To become no longer effective or valid
Is Lapse a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
9
The word Lapse is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Lapse in a Sentence
- He blamed the error on a minor mental lapse.
- A lapse into bad habits
- After a few polite words the conversation lapsed.
- Her interest in politics lapsed while she was in medical school.
- She didn't pay the premium and her life insurance policy lapsed.
Synonyms for Lapse
Antonyms for Lapse
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