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Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy..

Relief :: Relief (n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant..

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.

Proctocele :: Proctocele (n.) Inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of the rectum, from relaxation of the sphincter, with more or less swelling; prolapsus ani..

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.

Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.

Collapsion :: Collapsion (n.) Collapse.

Cropper :: Cropper (n.) A fall on one's head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse..

Algidity :: Algidity (n.) coldness and collapse.

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..

Lapsible :: Lapsible (a.) Liable to lapse.

Delapse :: Delapse (v. i.) To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.

Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..

Interlapse :: Interlapse (n.) The lapse or interval of time between two events.

Illapsed :: Illapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Illaps.

Senescent :: Senescent (a.) Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.

Past :: Past (v.) Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences..

Decurrence :: Decurrence (n.) The act of running down; a lapse.

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.

Relapsed :: Relapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Relaps.

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