
1) Accidental gap 2) Apostasy 3) Backslide 4) Be no longer valid 5) Become void 6) Bit of bad judgment 7) Boo-boo 8) Brain freeze 9) Break in concentration 10) Break in usage 11) Careless decline 12) Come to an end 13) Concentration gap 14) Decline 15) Discontinuance 16) End, at least for a long time
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1) Backslide 2) Backsliding 3) Descent 4) Elapse 5) End 6) Err 7) Erratum 8) Error 9) Expire 10) Lapsing 11) Loss 12) Misbehave 13) Mistake 14) Oversight 15) Recidivate 16) Recidivism 17) Regress 18) Relapse 19) Relapsing 20) Sin 21) Slip 22) Wrongdoing
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- a mistake resulting from inattention
- a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
- a failure to maintain a higher state
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1) v. to fail to occur, particularly a gift made in a will. 2) v. to become non-operative. 3) n. the termination of a gift made by will or for future distribution from a trust, caused by the death of the person to whom the gift was intended (the beneficiary, legatee, devisee) prior to the death of the person making the will or creating the trust (t...
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• (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses. • (v. t.) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender. • (v. t.) To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass. • (n.) A slip...
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Occurs when the policyholder has failed to pay the premium. Differs from surrenders, although statistics often show 'lapses and surrenders' together.
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The non-renewal of an insurance policy for any reason.
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1. A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses. 'The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible.' (Rambler) 'Bacon was content to wait the lapse of long centuries for his expected revenue of fame.' (I. Taylor) ... 2. A slip; an er...
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(v) Lapse is the process by which an application, action, occurrence of an event, right etc become impossible, ineffective or otherwise inoperative. For example an appointment order lapse on the death of the appointee.
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An option 'lapses' if it expires worthless, that is, it has no intrinsic value on expiry.
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Generally, where a beneficiary dies before the testator, a devise or bequest fails or lapses
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Lapse intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Lapsed ;
present participle & verbal noun Lapsing .]
1. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restric...
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Lapse noun [ Latin
lapsus , from
labi , past participle
lapsus , to slide, to fall: confer French
laps . See
Sleep .]
1. A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial thi...
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Lapse transitive verb 1. To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass. « An appeal may be deserted by the appellant's
lapsing the term of law.»
Ayliffe. 2. To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender. [ Obso...
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In insurance terminology, a policy is deemed to have lapsed when the policyholder fails to pay the... <a target=_blank href='http://www.finance-glossary.com/terms/lapse.htm?id=824&ginPtrCode=00000&PopupMode=false' title='Read full definition of lapse'>more</a>
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Under a will, the failure of a gift of property. A gift lapses when the beneficiary dies before the person who made the will, and no alternate has been named. Some states have antilapse statutes, which prevent gifts to relatives of the deceased person from lapsing unless the relative has no heirs of his or her own. A lapsed gift becomes part of the...
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[
n] - a break or intermission in the occurrence of something 2. [v] - let slip 3. [v] - end, at least for a long time 4. [v] - drop to a lower level
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lapse, lapsed, lapsing, lapses, lapsable, lapser 1. A momentary fault or failure in behavior or morality.2. A break in the continuity of something.3. A passage of time.4. A failure to exercise a right within a specified period of time, e.g., the failure to buy a property before the termination of an option to buy.4. To become null and void through ...
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noun a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; `a lapse of three weeks between letters`
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[SAT terms] drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
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