lapse

v. fail to reach an accepted standard; gradually slip into or out of a state or condition; elapse, expire, come to an end; become void; fall out of general use

n. error, mistake, failure; temporary deviation; passage of time, pause; gradual sinking to a lower degree, decline; expiration, termination

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Noun
1. a mistake resulting from inattention
(synonym) oversight
(hypernym) mistake, error, fault
2. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters"
(hypernym) pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
(derivation) elapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
3. a failure to maintain a higher state
(synonym) backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
(hypernym) failure
(hyponym) recidivism
(derivation) relapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back

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Verb
1. pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana"
(synonym) sink, pass
(hypernym) move
2. end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"
(hypernym) end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
3. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
(synonym) backslide
(hypernym) slip, drop off, drop away, fall away
(derivation) backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
4. go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
(synonym) relapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back
(hypernym) revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
(derivation) backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
5. let slip; "He lapsed his membership"
(hypernym) forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo
6. pass by; "three years elapsed"
(synonym) elapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
(hypernym) advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
(hyponym) fly, fell, vanish

nm. lapse

v. zaniknout; ochabnout; selhat; upadnout; sklouznout k čemu; zmlknout

n. výpadek; interval; časový úsek; prohřešek