LAPSING
- pass from one proprietor to another or from an original owner by omission or negligence allowed the insurance policy to lapse
- LAPSE, to fall from a previous standard [v]
- go out of existence cease after a few polite exchanges, the conversation lapsed
- to fall from an attained and usually high level (as of morals or manners) to one much lower
- depart from an accepted pattern or standard
- glide along pass time lapses
- let slip forfeit all of those who have lapsed their membership AAUP Bulletin
- LAPSE, to pass into disuse [v]