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LAPSING

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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)

Sense 1

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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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