Definitions For Lapsing

noun

  • A failure to maintain a higher state
  • An occurrence in which you fail to think or act in the usual or proper way for a brief time and make a mistake
  • An occurrence in which someone behaves badly for usually a short period of time
  • A change that results in worse behavior

verb

  • To stop for usually a brief time
  • To become no longer effective or valid

Is Lapsing a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
14

The word Lapsing is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Lapsing in a Sentence

  • He blamed the error on a minor mental lapse.
  • A lapse into bad habits
  • After a few polite words the conversation lapsed.
  • Her interest in politics lapsed while she was in medical school.
  • She didn't pay the premium and her life insurance policy lapsed.

Synonyms for Lapsing

Antonyms for Lapsing

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