noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act or process by which something lapses. countable, uncountable

   "lapsings of religious faith"

2. 2
   a failure to maintain a higher state wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of lapse form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

backslidingbackslidinglapseregressiverelapserelapsing

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