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What is the noun for lapses?

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lapse
  1. A temporary failure; a slip.
  2. A decline or fall in standards.
  3. A pause in continuity.
  4. An interval of time between events.
  5. A termination of a right etc, through disuse or neglect.
  6. (meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
  7. (law) A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
  8. (theology) A fall or apostasy.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “The company already has procedures in place to deal with the recent security lapse.”
      “It made him aware that, for a whole month, there had been a lapse in his personality.”
      “Shoppers, therefore, have an incentive to stay with a previous supplier, provided they can be confident that no lapse in quality or rise in price has occurred.”
lapsus
  1. A slip, lapse, or error.
  2. Examples:
    1. “T for F is not a very likely lapsus calami, despite the touch-typing affinity of T and F, but it's a very common OCR error.”
      “As Sigmund Freud reminds us, the lapsus linguae is, like the dream, a royal road to the unconscious.”
      “Mr. Radenhurst took advantage of this lapsus, and moved for a new trial in term, which he obtained.”
lapsation
  1. A lapse (act or result of lapsing)
lapser
  1. One who lapses.
lapsers
  1. plural of lapser
lapses
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