lapsing
Slowly falling away
Lapsing is the present participle of lapse, carrying its senses of slipping, declining, or expiring.
A subscription is lapsing when payments stop and it approaches termination.
Someone lapsing into old habits is sliding back into former patterns: She kept lapsing into her native accent.
A lapsing Catholic is one whose practice of the faith is fading.
Process of declining quality
ebb · fade · dwindle · recede · subside · wither · degenerate · atrophy
Cease to be valid
- terminationAct of ending something
- cessationA full stopping
- discontinuationFormal ending of something
- invalidationAct of nullifying
void · cancellation · nonrenewal · forfeiture · default · annulment · revocation · suspension
Mind's retention capacity
- forgetfulFailing to retain information
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- neglectFailure to provide care
- oblivionComplete erasure from memory
absentminded · unmindful · disregard · amnesia · fading · slipping away · losing track · attention
Segment of text
- intervalDuration between two points
- passingMoving by or temporary
- durationLength of existence
- spanDistance between endpoints
course · flow · progression · interlude · hiatus · gap · period · meanwhile
Return of something previous
- setbackReverse in progress
- backslideRevert to bad habits
- revertReturn to earlier condition
- returnGo back again
falling back · addiction · recovery · sobriety · abstinence · treatment · rehabilitation · temptation
deterioration
Process of declining quality
weaken · ebb · fade · dwindle · recede · subside · wither · degenerate · atrophy · erosion
expire
Cease to be valid
- terminationAct of ending something
- cessationA full stopping
- discontinuationFormal ending of something
invalidation · void · cancellation · nonrenewal · forfeiture · default · annulment · revocation · suspension · dormancy
memory
Mind's retention capacity
- forgetfulFailing to retain information
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- neglectFailure to provide care
oblivion · absentminded · unmindful · disregard · amnesia · fading · slipping away · losing track · attention · momentary
passage
Segment of text
span · course · flow · progression · interlude · hiatus · gap · period · meanwhile · interim
recurrence
Return of something previous
return · falling back · addiction · recovery · sobriety · abstinence · treatment · rehabilitation · temptation · trigger
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- obsolescenceobsolescence, datedness, outmodedness, outmoding, supersession
- recidivismrecidivist, reoffending, repeat offender, repeat offense, rearrest
lapsingrenewing
Making valid again
maintaining · continuing · sustaining · persisting · perpetuating
lapsingstarting
Initiating an action
beginning · commencing · initiating · activating · establishing
lapsingimproving
Becoming more capable
progressing · advancing · strengthening · developing · growing