lapses
Moments of forgetting
Lapses is the plural of lapse—a temporary failure, slip, or interval.
A lapse of memory is a moment of forgetting.
A lapse in judgment is a brief failure to think clearly.
Lapses can also be gaps in time: lapses between visits.
As a verb form, lapses means expires or falls away: The policy lapses if you don't pay.
Unintended wrong actions
- blundersSerious mistakes from carelessness
- slip-upsCareless small mistakes
- oversightsFailures to notice
- misstepsMistakes or errors
gaffes · faults · fumbles · miscues · goofs · misjudgments · indiscretions · transgressions
Failing to retain memories
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
- blankingErasing or forgetting
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
oversight · absent-mindedness · blackout · gap · slip · fugue · distraction · inattention
Compulsive substance reliance
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- backslidingReverting to former sins
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
setback · regression · temptation · craving · recidivism · abstinence · withdrawal · trigger
Process of declining quality
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- slippingLosing footing unintentionally
- weakeningBecoming less strong
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
ebbing · fading · regression · backsliding · slippage · degradation · erosion · atrophy
Gaps between events
- gapsUnfilled spaces between
- pausesTemporary cessations of activity
- breaksSplits or pauses
- interludesPauses between main sections
periods · stretches · spans · durations · intermissions · hiatuses · passages · expiration
mistakes
Unintended wrong actions
- blundersSerious mistakes from carelessness
- slip-upsCareless small mistakes
- oversightsFailures to notice
missteps · gaffes · faults · fumbles · miscues · goofs · misjudgments · indiscretions · transgressions · breaches
forgetting
Failing to retain memories
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
- blankingErasing or forgetting
oblivion · oversight · absent-mindedness · blackout · gap · slip · fugue · distraction · inattention · mind-wandering
addiction
Compulsive substance reliance
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- backslidingReverting to former sins
recurrence · setback · regression · temptation · craving · recidivism · abstinence · withdrawal · trigger · vulnerability
deterioration
Process of declining quality
waning · ebbing · fading · regression · backsliding · slippage · degradation · erosion · atrophy · falling-off
intervals
Gaps between events
interludes · periods · stretches · spans · durations · intermissions · hiatuses · passages · expiration · passing
- errorserror, mistake, blunder, blunders, fault
- blundersblunder, blunders, blundered, mistakes, botch
- mistakesmistake, mistakes, slip, error, errors
- setbacksfailing, back to square one, stuck, losing, stumbles
- misjudgementsmistakes, blunders, errors, oversights, miscalculations
- mismanagementmishandling, dysfunction, misuse, incompetence, inefficiency
lapsescontinues
Proceeds without stopping
persists · endures · perseveres · remains · sustains
- time lapseSped-up recording of slowness
- memory lapseBrief forgetting episode
- mental lapseBrief failure of attention
- lapse in judgment
- lapsed CatholicFormer active Church member
- time-lapse videosRecordings played faster than captured
collapse, lapse, relapse, collapsed, collapsing, lapsed, elapse, collapses, lapsing