Scrabble?! LAPSE

Definitions of LAPSE in various dictionaries:

noun - a mistake resulting from inattention

noun - a break or intermission in the occurrence of something

noun - a failure to maintain a higher state

verb - pass into a specified state or condition

verb - end, at least for a long time

verb - drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

verb - go back to bad behavior

verb - let slip

verb - pass by

To fall from a previous level or standard, as of accomplishment, quality, or conduct: lapse into bad habits; a team that lapsed into mediocrity halfway through the season.

To deviate from a prescribed or accepted way: lapse into heresy.

To pass gradually or smoothly; slip: lapse into reverie.

To come to an end, especially gradually or temporarily: He realized that his attention had lapsed and he hadn’t heard the assignment.

To be no longer valid or active; expire: She allowed her membership to lapse after the first year.

To pass to another through neglect or omission.

To allow to lapse.

A usually minor or temporary failure; a slip: a lapse of memory; a lapse in judgment.

A deterioration or decline: a lapse into barbarism.

A moral fall: a lapse from grace.

A break in continuity; a pause: a lapse in the conversation.

A period of time; an interval: a lapse of several years between the two revolutions.

The termination of a right or privilege through disuse, neglect, or death.

adj - to fall from a previous standard [v LAPSED, LAPSING, LAPSES] : LAPSABLE, LAPSIBLE