lapse
nounverified·updated Oct 7, 2026
A break or intermission in the occurrence of something.
polysemousFFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012
Senses
Wordset Dictionary
a failure to maintain a higher state
Wordset Dictionary
a mistake resulting from inattention
Wordset Dictionary
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something
Classifications
Entity Type
Event100%manual reviewI-079.event_restored
Ddorianclast reviewed —
Event is a type again; Triggering Event is an Event that obliges a response (Dorian, 2026-10-07; cki DESIGN.md I-079)
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- backslidingoversight
- alternatephrasing
- Lapse
- plural
- lapses
- possessive
- lapse's
- pluralpossessive
- lapses'