relapse
verbEtymology
From Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi (“to slide back, fall back”), from re- (“back”) + labi (“to slip, slide, fall”).
- derived from relapsus
Definitions
To fall back again
To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
- He has improved recently but keeps relapsing into states of utter confusion.
- to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism
- to relapse into slumber after being disturbed
To recur
To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
- relapsed after 5 months of being clean
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To slip or slide back physically
To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
- You slip your hold and change your side, Relapsing from a necessary guide.
The act or situation of relapsing.
- a drug relapse
- Alas! from what high hope to what relapse / Unlooked for are we fallen!
An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error
One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.
The neighborhood
- neighborremission
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for relapse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA