nnoun.acta failure to maintain a higher stateSynset:backsliding lapse relapse relapsing reversion reverting
Derivationally Related Form:relapselapserevert
Hypernyms:failure
Inherited Hypernyms:backslidingfailurenonaccomplishmentacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:recidivism
vverb.motionpass into a specified state or conditionSynset:lapse pass sink
Derivationally Related Form:passage
Hypernyms:move
Inherited Hypernyms:sinkmovechange
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.changeend, at least for a long timeExamples:- The correspondence lapsed
Derivationally Related Form:lapse
Hypernyms:cease end finish stop terminate
Inherited Hypernyms:lapseend
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changedrop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standardsSynset:backslide lapse
Derivationally Related Form:backsliderlapse
Hypernyms:drop away drop off fall away slip
Inherited Hypernyms:lapseslipworsenchange statechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.bodygo back to bad behaviorSynset:fall back lapse recidivate regress relapse retrogress
Examples:- Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
Derivationally Related Form:relapselapserecidivismrelapsing
Hypernyms:regress retrovert return revert turn back
Inherited Hypernyms:relapserevertchange by reversalchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.possessionlet slipDerivationally Related Form:lapse
Hypernyms:forego forfeit forgo give up throw overboard waive
Inherited Hypernyms:lapseforfeitabandondiscardget rid of
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.motionpass bySynset:elapse glide by go along go by lapse pass slide by slip away slip by
Derivationally Related Form:lapse
Hypernyms:advance go on march on move on pass on progress
Inherited Hypernyms:elapseadvancetravel
Direct Hyponyms:fellflyvanish
Full Troponyms:fly
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP