Relapse
verb (used without object), relapsed, relapsing.
1.
to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.:
to relapse into silence.
2.
to fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery.
3.
to fall back into vice, wrongdoing, or error; backslide:
to relapse into heresy.
noun
4.
an act or instance of relapsing.
5.
a return of a disease or illness after partial recovery from it.
verb (intransitive) (rɪˈlæps)
1.
to lapse back into a former state or condition, esp one involving bad habits
2.
to become ill again after apparent recovery
noun (rɪˈlæps; ˈriːˌlæps)
3.
the act or an instance of relapsing
4.
the return of ill health after an apparent or partial recovery
relapse re·lapse (rĭ-lāps’)
v. re·lapsed, re·laps·ing, re·laps·es
To regress after partial recovery from illness.
To slip back into bad ways; backslide.
To fall or slide back into a former state.
n. (rē’lāps, rĭ-lāps’)
A falling back into a former state, especially the return of symptoms following an apparent recovery. Also called recurrence.
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