Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To fall away gradually; to subside. · To fall into error or heresy. · To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid. · To become void.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA temporary failure; a slip. · A decline or fall in standards. · A pause in continuity. · An interval of time between events.
From Middle French laps, from Latin lāpsus, from lābī (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus.
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