Verb
- 1. sink, pass, lapse, move
- usage: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana"
- 2. lapse, end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
- usage: end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"
- 3. lapse, backslide, slip, drop off, drop away, fall away
- usage: drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
- 4. relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back, revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
- usage: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
- 5. lapse, forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego
- usage: let slip; "He lapsed his membership"
- 6. elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along, advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
- usage: pass by; "three years elapsed"
Adjective
- 1. lapsed, nonchurchgoing, irreligious (vs. religious)
- usage: no longer active or practicing; "a lapsed Catholic"
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