Who Does Lapse Mean?

1a : a slight error typically due to forgetfulness or inattention a lapse in table manners a lapse in security. b : a temporary deviation or fall especially from a higher to a lower state a lapse from grace ethical lapses. 2 : a becoming less : decline a lapse in the supply of technicians.

Is it lapse or lapsed?

verb (used without object), lapsed, laps·ing. to fall or deviate from a previous standard; fail to maintain a normative level: Toward the end of the book the author lapsed into bad prose. to come to an end; stop: We let our subscription to that magazine lapse. to fall, slip, or sink; subside: to lapse into silence.

What does lapse into mean?

1 : to begin using or doing (something that should be avoided) for a short period of time He's a good writer, but he occasionally lapses into jargon. 2 : to begin to be in (a worse or less active state or condition) The crowd lapsed into silence. The patient lapsed into a coma.