📖 Definitions of "Lapsing"
verb
- 1
To fall away gradually; to subside.
- 2
To fall into error or heresy.
- 3
To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
- 4
To become void.
noun
- 1
The act or process by which something lapses.
"lapsings of religious faith"
🔄 Synonyms of "Lapsing"
7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| lapsenoun | A temporary failure; a slip. |
| reversionnoun | The action of returning to a former condition or practice. |
| relapsenoun | (intransitive, informal, specifically) To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence. |
| recidivismnoun | Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past. |
| revertingnoun | tending to return to an earlier state |
| backslidingnoun | An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense. |
| relapsingnoun | (archaic) A relapse. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lapsing"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| relapseverb | (intransitive, informal, specifically) To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence. |
| recidivismnoun | Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past. |
| backslidingnoun | An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense. |
| relapsingnoun | (archaic) A relapse. |
| reversionnoun | The action of returning to a former condition or practice. |
| revertingnoun | tending to return to an earlier state |
| suppressionnoun | The act or instance of suppressing. |
| downfallverb | (intransitive) To fall down; deteriorate; decline. |
| expirationnoun | An act, process, or instance of expiring. |
| lossverb | (colloquial) Alternative spelling of lost. |
| extinctionnoun | The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation. |
| obsolescencenoun | (uncountable) The state of being obsolete—no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected. |
| cancelled | No longer planned or scheduled. |
| expirynoun | (British, New Zealand, Australia) End; termination; expiration. |
| abolishmentnoun | The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. |
| abolitionnoun | (historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery. |
| removalnoun | The process of removing or the fact of being removed. |
| deprivationnoun | (uncountable) The state of being deprived; lack. |
| deletionnoun | The act of deleting. |
| disqualificationnoun | The act of disqualifying, or the state of being disqualified |
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