Small error (5 letters)

{ Answer }

LAPSE

{ Related Clues }

Apostasy
Backslide
Decline
Error
Expire
Failure
Indiscretion
Misdeed
Slip
Expire, as a membership
Expire, as a policy
Expire, as a subscription
Fall from grace
Faux pas
Judgment problem
Memory failure
Memory gap
Memory glitch
Minor failing
Run out
Slight error
Slip of the tongue
Slip-up
Temporary decline
Fall into disuse
Run out, as a subscription
Word with time or memory

{ Tags }

backslide, come, concentration, decline, end, error, expire, failure, fall, indiscretion, lapse, memory, out, oversight, problem, run, slight, slip, small, subscription, up

{ Notes }

The answer LAPSE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 190 puzzles.

{ Definition }

LAPSE as a noun:

1. (oversight, lapse) = a mistake resulting from inattention

2. a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters"

3. (backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting) = a failure to maintain a higher state

LAPSE as a verb:

1. (sink, pass, lapse) = pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana"

2. end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"

3. (lapse, backslide) = drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

4. (relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back) = go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

5. let slip; "He lapsed his membership"

6. (elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along) = pass by; "three years elapsed"