relapse
to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
to fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery.
to fall back into vice, wrongdoing, or error; backslide: to relapse into heresy.
an act or instance of relapsing.
a return of a disease or illness after partial recovery from it.
Origin of relapse
1Other words for relapse
Other words from relapse
- re·laps·a·ble, adjective
- re·laps·er, noun
- un·re·laps·ing, adjective
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How to use relapse in a sentence
Besides, I don't perceive the Relapser was in any Condition to be thus liberal.
A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage | Jeremy CollierAnd here we may observe how the Relapser fails in all the Rules above mention'd.
A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage | Jeremy CollierI grant the Relapser could not aford to lose these Sentences.
A Short View of the Immorality, and Profaneness of the English Stage | Jeremy Collier
British Dictionary definitions for relapse
to lapse back into a former state or condition, esp one involving bad habits
to become ill again after apparent recovery
the act or an instance of relapsing
the return of ill health after an apparent or partial recovery
Origin of relapse
1Derived forms of relapse
- relapser, noun
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