lapse

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for lapse

lapse 🔊 /læˈps/

lapse : ප්‍රමාදය

lapse : අත්වැරැද්ද

lapse : අභාවටය යනවා

lapse : අවලංගු වෙනවා

lapse : අභාවිත වෙනවා

lapse : අවලංගු වීම

lapse : ගෙවී යනවා

lapse : ප්‍රමාද දෝෂය

lapse : දෝෂය

lapse : අපගමනය

lapse : ආගමනය වෙනවා

lapse : ඉකුත්වී යනවා

lapse : ඉක්ම යනවා

lapse : පහවී යනවා

lapse : ගෙවීයාම

lapse : ඉකුත්වීම

lapse definition

Noun.

  1. A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.
  2. A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
  3. 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.
  4. A fall or apostasy.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. To become ineffectual or void; to fall.

Transitive verb.

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