lapsed
Slipped from observance
Lapsed describes something that has expired, ended, or fallen away through inaction or neglect.
A lapsed membership wasn't renewed.
A lapsed Catholic no longer practices the faith.
A lapsed patent lost its protection.
The word implies gradual slipping rather than deliberate termination—things lapse when attention or commitment fades: After a lapsed silence, the conversation resumed.
Without legal effect
- invalidWithout legal force
- nullifiedMade legally void
- annulledDeclared legally void
- revokedOfficially canceled or withdrawn
rescinded · abrogated · unenforceable · defunct · inoperative · repealed · vacated · superseded
Gone by, temporally
- intervalDuration between two points
- durationLength of existence
- passageSegment of text
- expiredNo longer in effect
bygone · past · since · ago · meanwhile · interim · span · stretch
No longer recalled
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- neglectedNot given proper attention
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- disregardedNot given consideration
slipped · unattended · unmaintained · dormant · inactive · disuse · fallow · stagnant
State of belonging
- subscriptionPaid recurring access
- policyAdopted principle of action
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
- licenseFormal grant of permission
permit · warranty · passport · visa · certificate · registration · contract · coverage
Papal church adherent
- believerOne who accepts something
- churchgoerOne attending religious services
- practicingRepeated skill refinement
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
observance · apostasy · backsliding · nonpracticing · secular · agnostic · disaffected · unchurched
void
Without legal effect
revoked · rescinded · abrogated · unenforceable · defunct · inoperative · repealed · vacated · superseded · expired
elapsed
Gone by, temporally
expired · bygone · past · since · ago · meanwhile · interim · span · stretch · period
forgotten
No longer recalled
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- neglectedNot given proper attention
- abandonedLeft behind completely
disregarded · slipped · unattended · unmaintained · dormant · inactive · disuse · fallow · stagnant · idle
membership
State of belonging
- subscriptionPaid recurring access
- policyAdopted principle of action
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
license · permit · warranty · passport · visa · certificate · registration · contract · coverage · renewal
Catholic
Papal church adherent
- believerOne who accepts something
- churchgoerOne attending religious services
- practicingRepeated skill refinement
devotion · observance · apostasy · backsliding · nonpracticing · secular · agnostic · disaffected · unchurched · irreligious
- membershipmember, active member, joining, associate member, dues
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- discontinueddiscontinued, terminated, cancelled, ended, stopped
- customer typesactive, inactive, new, returning, loyal
- faith labelsbeliever, nonbeliever, atheist, agnostic, theist
- membership statusmember, non-member, active, inactive, pending
lapsedpracticing
Repeated skill refinement
practising · devout · observant · religious · faithful
lapsedcontinued
Went on without stopping
ongoing · sustained · maintained · persistent · uninterrupted
- time lapseSped-up recording of slowness
- memory lapseBrief forgetting episode
- mental lapseBrief failure of attention
- lapse in judgment
- lapsed CatholicFormer active Church member
- time-lapse videosRecordings played faster than captured
collapse, lapse, relapse, collapsed, collapsing, elapse, collapses, lapses, collapsible