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A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or
imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to
immaterial things, or to figurative uses. |
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A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight
deviation from truth or rectitude. |
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The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to
exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some
contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege. |
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A fall or apostasy. |
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To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away;
to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to
figurative uses. |
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To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to
fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by
inadvertence or mistake. |
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To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from
the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of
some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc. |
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To become ineffectual or void; to fall. |
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To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to
pass. |
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To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or
catch, as an offender. |
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