Momentary fault or failure (5)

I believe the answer is:

lapse

(Other definitions for lapse that I've seen before include "Moral fall" , "Pales into omission" , "Fail in duty" , "Become void, expire" , "Brief slip; fall from faith" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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