lapsing

(noun) a failure to maintain a higher state. Synonyms: backsliding, lapse, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting.

(verb) pass into a specified state or condition. Synonyms: sink, pass, lapse. Example: "He sank into nirvana."

(verb) end, at least for a long time. Synonyms: lapse. Example: "The correspondence lapsed."

(verb) drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards. Synonyms: lapse, backslide.

(verb) go back to bad behavior. Synonyms: relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back. Example: "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals."

(verb) let slip. Synonyms: lapse. Example: "He lapsed his membership."

(verb) pass by. Synonyms: elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along. Example: "Three years elapsed."