lapsing

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

a failure to maintain a higher state
• Syn:
backsliding, lapse, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
• Derivationally related forms:
revert (for: reverting), relapse (for: relapsing), relapse (for: relapse), lapse (for: lapse)
• Hypernyms:
failure
• Hyponyms:
recidivism