"lapsing" in the noun sense

1. backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting

a failure to maintain a higher state

"lapsing" in the verb sense

1. sink, pass, lapse

pass into a specified state or condition

"He sank into nirvana"

2. lapse

end, at least for a long time

"The correspondence lapsed"

3. lapse, backslide

drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

4. relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back

go back to bad behavior

"Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

5. lapse

let slip

"He lapsed his membership"

6. elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along

pass by

"three years elapsed"

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