Relapse

What do we mean by relapse?

To return to a former state. intransitive verb

To become sicker after partial recovery from an illness. intransitive verb

To recur. Used of an illness. intransitive verb

To slip back into bad ways; backslide. intransitive verb

A return to a former state, especially after apparent improvement. noun

A sliding or falling back, particularly into a former evil state. noun

One who has refallen into vice or error; specifically, one who returns into error after having recanted it. noun

In medicine, the return of a disease or symptom during or directly after convalescence. See recrudescence. noun

To slip or slide back; return.

To fall back; return to a former bad state or practice; backslide: as, to relapse into vice or error after amendment.

To fall back from recovery or a convalescent state.

A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back. noun

One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again. noun

To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back. intransitive verb

To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; ; -- sometimes in a good sense. intransitive verb

To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide. intransitive verb

To fall back again. verb

To recur; to worsen, be aggravated. verb

The act or situation of relapsing. noun

The act or situation of relapsing.

An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement

One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.

Words that are spelled similarly to relapse:
relapse, elapse, delapse.

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