lapse
/læps/ verb [I]Definition
› If an arrangement lapses, it stops existing because of the amount of time that has passed: The guarantee lapsed after two years. I've allowed my membership to lapse.
(Definition of lapse verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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