| noun | a failure to maintain a higher state |
| verb | pass into a specified state or condition “He sank into nirvana” |
| verb | end, at least for a long time “The correspondence lapsed” |
| verb | drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards |
| verb | go back to bad behavior “Those who recidivate are often minor criminals” |
| verb | let slip “He lapsed his membership” |
| verb | pass by “three years elapsed” |
| lapse | verb | go back to bad behavior |
| relapse | verb | go back to bad behavior |
| revert | verb | go back to a previous state |
| passage | noun | the act of passing from one state or place to the next |
| lapse | noun | a break or intermission in the occurrence of something |
| backslider | noun | someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior |
| relapse | noun | a failure to maintain a higher state |
| relapsing | noun | a failure to maintain a higher state |
| recidivism | noun | habitual relapse into crime |