Word

lapse, v.
(lapsed, lapses, lapsing)
freq. cnt. 4

go back to bad behavior
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

fall back lapse recidivate regress relapse retrogress

sample sentences

"Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lapse

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

relapsing relapse

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

recidivism

semantic pointers

hypernym

return, turn back, revert, retrovert, regress

drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

backslide lapse

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lapse

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

backslider

semantic pointers

hypernym

slip, fall away, drop off, drop away

end, at least for a long time
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

lapse

sample sentences

"The correspondence lapsed"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lapse

semantic pointers

hypernym

end, finish, cease, terminate, stop

pass into a specified state or condition
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

lapse pass sink

sample sentences

"He sank into nirvana"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

passage

semantic pointers

hypernym

move

pass by
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 30 freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

elapse glide by go along go by lapse pass slide by slip away slip by