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Yes, lapse is playable

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"Lapse" Definition

noun

A break in continuity; a pause: a lapse in the conversation.
A deterioration or decline: a lapse into barbarism.
A moral fall: a lapse from grace.
A period of time; an interval: a lapse of several years between the two revolutions.
A usually minor or temporary failure; a slip: a lapse of memory; a lapse in judgment.

verb-intransitive

Law To pass to another through neglect or omission. Used of a right or privilege, a benefice, or an estate.
To be no longer valid or active; expire: She allowed her membership to lapse after the first year.
To deviate from a prescribed or accepted way: lapse into heresy.
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 go by; elapse: Years had lapsed since we last met.

verb-transitive

To allow to lapse.

verb

To fall from an attained and usually high level (as of morals or manners) to one much lower.
To depart from an accepted pattern or standard.
To go out of existence .
To pass from one proprietor to another or from an original owner by omission or negligence .
To glide along .

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