lapsing Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a failure to maintain a higher state
   relapsing; relapse; reversion; lapse; reverting; backsliding.
   
2. verb pass into a specified state or condition
   lapse; sink; pass.
   
   • He sank into nirvana
3. verb end, at least for a long time
   lapse.
   
   • The correspondence lapsed
4. verb drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
   lapse; backslide.
   
5. verb go back to bad behavior
   retrogress; recidivate; relapse; lapse; fall back; regress.
   
   • Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
6. verb let slip
   lapse.
   
   • He lapsed his membership
7. verb pass by
   elapse; go along; lapse; slip away; go by; glide by; slip by; pass; slide by.
   
   • three years elapsed

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