LAPSING
Dictionary entry overview: What does lapsing mean? • LAPSING (noun)
The noun LAPSING has 1 sense:
1. a failure to maintain a higher state
Familiarity information: LAPSING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LAPSING (noun)
Meaning:
A failure to maintain a higher state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
backsliding; lapsing; relapse; relapsing; reverting; lapse; reversion
Hypernyms ("lapsing" is a kind of...):
failure (an act that fails)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lapsing"):
recidivism (habitual relapse into crime)
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