Quick Answer: Lapse or lapsed may refer to: • Lapse, a social media platform • Lapse and anti-lapse, in the law of wills • Lapse rate, the rate that atmospheric pressure decreases with altitude • Doctrine of lapse, an annexationist policy in British India • The Lapse, a defunct American indie rock band • Relapse, a medical term used in addiction treatment • Lapsed, a 1997 album by Bardo Pond • Lapsed power, a constitutionally granted power no longer in use • Lapsed Catholic, a term for baptized Catholics who no longer practice • Lapse, a 2023 Brazilian short film