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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

  1. noun A brief slip or failure, especially a temporary lowering of standards or attention.
  2. noun The ending of a right, agreement, or membership because it was left unused or not renewed.
  3. verb To slip gradually into a worse state, bad habit, or silence.
  4. verb To become invalid because a deadline passed or it was not renewed.

Related German words