A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
A decline or fall in standards.
A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
A pause in continuity.
A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
A fall or apostasy.
An interval of time between events.
A temporary failure; a slip.
memory lapse
To fall away gradually; to subside.
To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
To become void.
To fall into error or heresy.
To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.
The act or an instance of receding or withdrawing.
A procedure in which an extraocular muscle is detached from the globe of the eye and reattached posteriorly.
A period of low temperatures that causes a reduction in species; ice age.
A period of reduced economic activity
The ceremonial filing out of clergy and/or choir at the end of a church service.
The act of ceding something back.