lapse

a mistake resulting from inattention

pass into a specified state or condition

pass by

“three years elapsed”

go back to bad behavior

drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

a failure to maintain a higher state

a break or intermission in the occurrence of something

“a lapse of three weeks between letters”

end, at least for a long time

“The correspondence lapsed”

let slip

“He lapsed his membership”