Definitions
1.NounA temporary failure; a slip."memory lapse; lapse of judgment; lapse in security; lapse in concentration"
2.NounA decline or fall in standards.
3.NounA pause in continuity.
4.NounAn interval of time between events.
5.NounA termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
6.NounA marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
7.NounA common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
8.NounA fall or apostasy.
9.VerbTo fall away gradually; to subside.
10.VerbTo fall into error or heresy.
11.VerbTo slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
12.VerbTo become void.
13.VerbTo fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.