lapsing

• abating
• backslide
• backward
• biting the dust
• breaking down
• breaking off
• breaking up
• catabolic
• ceasing
• closing
• concluding
• contrary
• cutting out
• dead-ending
• declining
• desisting
• deteriorating
• determining
• discontinuing
• dying
• ebbing
• elapsing
• ending
• expiring
• finishing
• giving over
• going
• halting
• inverse
• inverted
• knocking off
• lapse
• leaving off
• letting up
• moderating
• passing
• pausing
• quitting
• receding
• regression
• relapsing
• reversed
• reversion
• reverting
• sinking
• slipping
• stalling
• staying
• stopping
• subsiding
• suspending
• terminating
• waning
• winding down
• winding up
• worsening

• abiding
• biding
• continuing
• drawing out
• enduring
• extending
• forward
• hanging on
• holding on
• holding up
• keeping up
• lasting
• leftover
• lingering
• perduring
• persisting
• positive
• prolonging
• protracting
• remaining
• residual
• running on

• verb
  1. To fall away gradually; to subside.
  2. To fall into error or heresy.
  3. To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
  4. To become void.
  5. To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
• noun
  1. The act or process by which something lapses.

• Lapsing into silence, she pondered the implications of his words.
• Despite his efforts, he felt his concentration lapsing as fatigue set in.
• The company risked lapsing into obscurity if it didn't adapt to changing market trends.
• She felt a sense of disappointment at her progress lapsing despite her initial enthusiasm.
• The organization faced the challenge of preventing its values from lapsing amid rapid expansion.

abating

ebbing

backsliding

dead-ending

falling

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