Come to an end (5)
'come to an end' is the definition.
(lapsing is a kind of coming to an end)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for lapse that I've seen before include "Brief failure (of concentration)" , "Cease to be valid" , "Slip, error" , "Slip; sounds like circuits" , "Decline into an inferior state" .)
'come to an end' is the definition.
(to cease is to stop)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for cease that I've seen before include "Discontinue" , "Desist" , "Culminate" , "Stop, terminate" , "Come to an end" .)
'come to an end' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for finish that I've seen before include "Patina" , "completion" , "Conclude, wind up" , "train socially" , "Cease, conclude" .)
(Other definitions for ceases that I've seen before include "stops working" , "Comes to an end" , "Stops or discontinues" , "Finishes" , "Discontinues, ends" .)
'come to an end' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for expire that I've seen before include "Die or lapse" , "Die, give out" , "Perish" , "Lose validity" , "Run out (of time?)" .)
(Other definitions for perish that I've seen before include "Die; decay" , "Waste away" , "Die - rot" , "come to grief" , "Pass away" .)