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lapsed
lapsed L0049200 (lăpst)adj. No longer active or practicing: a lapsed Catholic; a lapsed club member.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | lapsed - no longer active or practicing; "a lapsed Catholic"nonchurchgoingirreligious - hostile or indifferent to religion |
lapsedadjective1. expired, ended, finished, run out, invalid, out of date, discontinued, unrenewed He returned to the Party after years of lapsed membership.2. backsliding, uncommitted, lacking faith, nonpractising She calls herself a lapsed Catholic.Translationslapsed
lapse from grace1. noun An instance in which acts or lives immorally, thus causing them to fall out of favor with God. My pastor said God will always forgive a lapse from grace if you truly repent.2. noun An instance in which one does something that tarnishes one's reputation, causing one to fall out of favor with someone, such as the public. That actor had a catastrophic lapse from grace after his racially-charged tirade on social media. After my lapse from grace with my previous employers, I decided to set out on my own and begin my own company.3. verb To fall out of favor with God or the church, typically due to acting or living immorally. Many a virtuous man and woman to lapse from grace in the pursuit of wealth and material success. The archbishop lashed out at priests who have lapsed from grace and besmirched the dignity of the church.4. verb To fall out of favor, typically due to having done something that tarnishes one's reputation. Once an icon of the pop-music world, the singer lapsed from grace following a string of run-ins with the police.See also: grace, lapselapse into (something)To fall into some state or condition. John lapsed into a severe depression after being fired from his job. She survived the emergency surgery, but lapsed into a coma shortly thereafter.See also: lapselapse from grace 1. Lit. to fall out of favor with God. The child was told that if he ever smoked even one cigarette, he would lapse from grace for certain. It is easy, these days, to lapse from grace. 2. Fig. to fall out of favor. Ted lapsed from grace when he left the lobby door unlocked all weekend. I have to be there on time every day or I will lapse from grace for sure.See also: grace, lapseEncyclopediaSeelapseLapsed
Related to Lapsed: Lapsed PolicyLEGACY, LAPSED. A legacy is said to be lapsed or extinguished, when the legatee dies before the testator, or before the condition upon which the legacy is given has been performed, or before the time at which it is directed to vest in interest has arrived. Bac. Ab. Legacy, E; Com. Dig. Chancery, 3 Y 13; 1 P. Wms. 83. Lownd. Leg. 408 to 415; 1 Rop. Leg. 319 to 341. See, as to the law of Pennsylvania in favor of lineal descendants, 5 Smith's Laws of Pa. 112. Vide, generally, 8 Com. Dig. 502-3; 5 Toull. n. 671. FinancialSeeLapselapsed
Related to lapsed: Lapsed PolicySynonyms for lapsedadj expiredSynonyms- expired
- ended
- finished
- run out
- invalid
- out of date
- discontinued
- unrenewed
adj backslidingSynonyms- backsliding
- uncommitted
- lacking faith
- nonpractising
Synonyms for lapsedadj no longer active or practicingSynonymsRelated Words |