lapse

nouns

a mistake resulting from inattention
lapse, oversight
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
"a lapse of three weeks between letters"
lapse
is a type of (narrower)
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
break, intermission, interruption, pause, suspension
a failure to maintain a higher state
backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting

verbs

pass into a specified state or condition
"He sank into nirvana"
lapse, pass, sink
end, at least for a long time
"The correspondence lapsed"
lapse
is a type of (narrower)
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
"the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
cease, end, finish, stop, terminate
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
backslide, lapse
go back to bad behavior
"Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress
let slip
"He lapsed his membership"
lapse
is a type of (narrower)
lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime
"you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"
forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive
pass by
"three years elapsed"
elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by