Definition of Lapsed

Adjective: lapsed  lapst

1. No longer active or practising
   "a lapsed Catholic";
   - nonchurchgoing

1. Pass into a specified state or condition
   "He lapsed into nirvana";
   - sink, pass
    
2. End, at least for a long time
   "The correspondence lapsed"
    
3. Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
   "Conservatives worry about McCain's lapse on immigration";
   - backslide
    
4. Go back to bad behaviour
   - relapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back
    
5. Let slip
   "He lapsed his membership"
    
6. Become later by the passage of a given amount of time
   "three years lapsed";
   - elapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along

See also:
lapse
lapser

Anagrams containing the word lapsed

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