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lapsing::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | backsliding, lapse, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting |
| Type of | failure |
| Has types | recidivism |
Examples of lapsing
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How is he supposed to resolve this without lapsing into outright schizophrenia?
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
I feel myself lapsing into food coma, eyelids drooping and motivation flagging.
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When replayed at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster and thus lapsing.
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Peter's tone of voice as he tells the story keeps the plot from lapsing into farce.
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You are lapsing back into the socialistic talking points you are so fond of.
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Jacobs is all surface manner, often on the verge of lapsing into mannerism.
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A lonely cello introduces Welcome to Heartbreak before lapsing into a churning groove.
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In fact, the Fed was more concerned about us lapsing into a Japanese-style deflation.
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Broadbent and Sheen are both charming without lapsing into saintliness.
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- Oversight: a mistake resulting from inattention
- Sink: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana"
- A break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters"
- End, at least for a long time; "The correspondence lapsed"
- Backsliding: a failure to maintain a higher state
- Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
- Lapse and anti-lapse are complementary concepts under the law of wills, which address the disposition of property that is willed to someone who dies before the testator (the writer of the will).
- A slip (also sometimes called a lapse) is a psychological term that denotes a particular action during or after (most usually after) a psychological or medical treatment. ...
- The Lapse was an American indie band formed in late 1997. The band was first signed to Gern Blandsten, then Southern Records. The Lapse was the duo of then boyfriend/girlfriend Chris Leo (ex-Native nod and brother of Ted Leo) and Toko Yasuda (Enon, ex-Blonde Redhead). ...
