English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of lapse

lapse

/noun/ चूक; भूल; त्रुटि; पतन; गिरावट; गिराव;
/verb/घसकना; सरकना; पतित हो जाना; कालातीत हो जाना; बीत जाना; समाप्त होना; ग़लती; गिर जाना;

Synonym default; mistake; error; fall; collapse; spill; glide; go down; date; Elapse; passed off;

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English Dictionary:

1. Lapse

[n.]

- A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.
- A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
- The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege.
- A fall or apostasy.

2. Lapse

[v. i.]

- To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses.
- To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.
- To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc.
- To become ineffectual or void; to fall.

3. Lapse

[v. t.]

- To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.
- To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender.