Read the dictionary definition of lapse. All definitions for this word.
1. a failure to maintain a higher state
2. a mistake resulting from inattention
3. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
1. a lapse of three weeks between letters
4. go back to bad behavior
1. Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
5. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
6. end, at least for a long time
1. The correspondence lapsed
7. pass into a specified state or condition
1. He sank into nirvana
8. pass by
1. three years elapsed
9. let slip
1. He lapsed his membership
