Lapse
Return
Return verb - To go back to a previous and usually lower state or level.
Usage example: vowed to do anything to keep the recovering alcoholic from returning to his dissolute ways
Lapse and return are semantically related in expire topic. Sometimes you can use "Lapse" instead the word "Return" as a verb or a noun.
How words are described
| long | long lapse | long return |
| brief | brief lapse | brief return |
| single | single lapse | single return |
| serious | serious lapse | serious return |
| Other adjectives: little, slight, past, apparent, temporary, subsequent, eventual, surprising, one-time, recent. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In the struggle to return to her still-living body, Bianca is confronted with other lost spirits, a demonic entity, and the importance of moving on.'Lapse' is a supernatural drama/horror.
Source: Webcomic / Lapse -
A Momentary Lapse of Reason (considered to be a David Gilmour solo album in all but name) marked the return of Richard Wright, though he wasn't to become an official member again for several years.
Source: Music / Pink Floyd -
Return of the Jedi: The Rebel fleet is being annihilated by the Death Star while their Ewok allies are being stomped by the Empire, R2 gets shot (again) and Luke has a brief lapse to the Dark Side and attempts to strike down both his father and the Emperor in anger.
Source: Darkest Hour
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