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lapse
/læps/
noun
A temporary failure; a slip.
A decline or fall in standards.
A pause in continuity.
Similar: hiatus, moratorium
verb
To fall away gradually; to subside.
To fall into error or heresy.
To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
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