lapse

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a mistake resulting from inattention
  2. noun a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
  3. noun a failure to maintain a higher state

Etymology

From Middle French laps, from Latin lāpsus, from lābī (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus.

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