Overview of verb lapse

The verb lapse has 6 senses

• sink, pass, lapse -- (pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana")


• lapse -- (end, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed")


• lapse, backslide -- (drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards)


• relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back -- (go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals")


• lapse -- (let slip; "He lapsed his membership")


• elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along -- (pass by; "three years elapsed")

Overview of adj lapsed

The adj lapsed has 1 sense

• lapsed, nonchurchgoing -- (no longer active or practicing; "a lapsed Catholic")