error, mistake, fault - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

pause, suspension, intermission, interruption, break - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

failure - an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"

recidivism - habitual relapse into crime

move - go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"

end, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

drop away, fall away, slip, drop off - get worse; "My grades are slipping"

retrovert, revert, turn back, regress, return - go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"

forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo - lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime

advance, march on, move on, progress, pass on, go on - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"

fell, vanish, fly - pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"