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lapsenoun a change in status for the worse usually temporarilythe scandal caused the president to suffer a dramatic lapse in popularity knock, reversal, reverse, setback disappointment, frustration, letdowncomedown, decline, descent, down, downfall, fallturnabout, turnaroundrecession, regression, retrogression, reversionrelapsebreakdown, collapse, crash, meltdown, ruin, undoing status quo an unintentional departure from truth or accuracyhis slip of the tongue about the mayor's name was an unfortunate lapse blunder, bobble, boo-boo, boob(British), brick, clanger(British), clinker, error, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfallfoul-up, snafumisapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictnessinerrancy, infallibility, perfection the stopping of a process or activitywasn't bothered by the lapse of her membership at the health club arrest, arrestment, cease, cessation, check, close, closedown, closure, conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, expiration, finish, halt, offset, shutdown, shutoff, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, termination mop-up, phaseoutabeyance, break, interruption, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, standstill, suspension continuance, continuation extension, persistence, prolongation to come to an endthe contract will lapse at the end of the year unless we renew break off, break up, cease, close, conclude, dead-end, determine, die, discontinue, elapse, end, expire, finish, go, halt, leave off, let up, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up, wink (out) desist (from), lay off (of), refrain (from)give over(British), knock off, pack (up or in)break down, conk (out), cut out, stallpause, stay, suspendabate, peter (out), wind down bite the dust continue, hang on, persist draw out, extend, prolong, protract n.error, mistake, blunder, slip, lapse mean a departure from what is true, right, or proper.error suggests the existence of a standard or guide and a straying from the right course through failure to make effective use of this.procedural errors mistake implies misconception or inadvertence and usually expresses less criticism than error.dialed the wrong number by mistake blunder regularly imputes stupidity or ignorance as a cause and connotes some degree of blame.diplomatic blunders slip stresses inadvertence or accident and applies especially to trivial but embarrassing mistakes.a slip of the tongue lapse stresses forgetfulness, weakness, or inattention as a cause.a lapse in judgment in 1526 |