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▸ noun:  A temporary failure; a slip.
▸ noun:  A decline or fall in standards.
▸ noun:  A pause in continuity.
▸ noun:  An interval of time between events.
▸ noun:  A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
▸ noun:  (meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
▸ noun:  (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.
▸ noun:  (theology) A fall or apostasy.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.
▸ verb:  To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To become void.
▸ verb:  To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.

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