To lapse is defined as to become inactive, invalid, to end, or to stop doing something.
(verb)The definition of a lapse is a temporary failure in judgment or behavior or something that has declined in quality.
(noun)See lapse in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: L lapsus, a fall: see lap
intransitive verb lapsed, lapsing
Origin: L lapsare < labi: see lap
transitive verb
See lapse in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb lapsed lapsed, laps·ing, laps·es verb, intransitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English lapsen, to deviate from the normal
Origin: , from laps, lapse of time, sin (from Old French, lapse of time, from Latin lāpsus, from past participle of lābī, to lapse)
Origin: and from Latin lāpsāre
Origin: , frequentative of lābī, to lapse
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