LAPSING Synonyms
There are 35 hypernyms of the word lapsing. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for LAPSING
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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 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| slip by | verbv | |||||||
verb • for time to move forward | ||||||||
