Entgleisung — meaning in English
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English meaning
- lapse noun A brief slip or failure, especially a temporary lowering of standards or attention.
Senses
Entgleisung is used for these senses in English:
- derailment (rail transport) The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs.
- lapse A temporary failure; a slip.
lapse — full definition
- noun A brief slip or failure, especially a temporary lowering of standards or attention.
- noun The ending of a right, agreement, or membership because it was left unused or not renewed.
- verb To slip gradually into a worse state, bad habit, or silence.
- verb To become invalid because a deadline passed or it was not renewed.