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LAPSED Synonyms

There are 21 synonyms of the word lapsed. (exact relations)
There are 35 hypernyms of the word lapsed. (close relations)
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pass
verb, nounv, n
adjective

• of advancing the ball by throwing it

noun

• (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

• (military) a written leave of absence

• (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

• the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks

• any authorization to pass or go somewhere

• a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions

• a flight or run by an aircraft over a target

• a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

• a difficult juncture

• one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)

• an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

• a permit to enter or leave a military installation

• a complimentary ticket

• a usually brief attempt

• (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

• success in satisfying a test or requirement

verb

• go across or through

• move past

• make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

• for time to move forward

• place into the hands or custody of

• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• travel past

• come to pass

• go unchallenged; be approved

• use up a period of time in a specific way

• pass over, across, or through

• transmit information

• disappear gradually

• go successfully through a test or a selection process

• be superior or better than some standard

• accept or judge as acceptable

• allow to go without comment or censure

• transfer to another; of rights or property

• pass into a specified state or condition; sink into

• throw (a ball) to another player

• be inherited by

• cause to pass

• grant authorization or clearance for

• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

• eliminate from the body

relapse
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a failure to maintain a higher state

verb

• deteriorate in health

• go back to bad behavior

backslide
verb, nounv, n
verb

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

backsliding
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• a failure to maintain a higher state

elapse
verbv
verb

• for time to move forward

lapsing
verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• a failure to maintain a higher state

oversight
nounn
noun

• an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something

• management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group

• a mistake resulting from inattention

recidivate
verbv
verb

• go back to bad behavior

regress
verbv
noun

• the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

• returning to a former state

verb

• go back to a statistical means

• go back to a previous state

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition

• go back to bad behavior

relapsing
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• a failure to maintain a higher state

retrogress
verbv
verb

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition

• go back to bad behavior

reversion
nounn
noun

• (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)

• (genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)

• a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

• turning in the opposite direction

• returning to a former state

• a failure to maintain a higher state

reverting
verbv
noun

• a failure to maintain a higher state

adjective satellite

• tending to return to an earlier state

sink
verb, nounv, n
noun

• plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

• (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system

• a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

• a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

verb

• fall or descend to a lower place or level

• cause to sink

• pass into a specified state or condition; sink into

• go under

• descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

• appear to move downward

• fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly

• fall or sink heavily

• embed deeply

fall back
verbv
verb

• fall backwards and down

• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

• move back and away from

• retreat

• have recourse to

• go back to bad behavior

glide by
verbv
verb

• for time to move forward

go along
verbv
verb

• cooperate or pretend to cooperate

• continue a certain state, condition, or activity

• for time to move forward

go by
verbv
verb

• for time to move forward

• move past

• be called; go by a certain name

• be or act in accordance with

slide by
verbv
verb

• for time to move forward

slip away
verbv
verb

• leave furtively and stealthily

• for time to move forward

Best Hypernyms For LAPSED

Alternatives for PASS

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