the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A failure to attend; omission of attendance; nonappearance.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A failure to attend; omission of attendance; personal absence.
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n. the failure to attend
Word Usage
"To be sure, even among Christians, some of those we are calling lapsed are themselves the children of lapsed parents, but lapsing that is, nonattendance has risen very sharply across the generations."