different between lapsed vs abandoned

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læpst/

Verb

lapsed

1. simple past tense and past participle of lapse

Adjective

lapsed (not generally comparable, comparative more lapsed, superlative most lapsed)

1. Discontinued; having ceased or gone out of use.
2. (of a person) Changed to a less valued condition or state; especially having lost one's religious faith.
3. (humorous) By extension, having changed a (secular) belief or adherence.
4. (archaic, of a legacy) Having passed from the original holder or authority; no longer claimed.

Anagrams

• padles, pedals, pleads, pleas'd, splade

Estonian

Noun

lapsed

1. nominative plural of laps

English

Etymology

From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bæn.dn?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??bæn.dn?d/

Adjective

abandoned (comparative more abandoned, superlative most abandoned)

1. Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. [First attested from 1350 to 1470]
2. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]
3. Free from constraint; uninhibited. [Late 17th century]
4. (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

• abandonedness

Translations

Verb

abandoned

1. simple past tense and past participle of abandon

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