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Definitions for Relapse
[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.
[4] an act or instance of relapsing.
[5] a return of a disease or illness after partial recovery from it.
[6] to lapse back into a former state or condition, esp one involving bad habits
[7] to become ill again after apparent recovery
[8] the act or an instance of relapsing
[9] the return of ill health after an apparent or partial recovery
Words related to Relapse
recurrence, regression, recidivism, degenerate, loss, return, reversion, lapse, setback, fall, repetition, retrogression, retrogress, worsen, revert, sicken, sink, fade, regress, fail
Words nearby Relapse
rekindle, rekt, rel., rel. pron., reladle, relapse, relapsing fever, relapsing polychondritis, relata, relate, related
Origin of Relapse
1400–50; (v.) late Middle English < Latin relāpsus, past participle of relābī to slide back, revert (re- re- + lāb- v. stem + -sus for -tus past participle suffix); (noun) late Middle English < Medieval Latin relāpsus, equivalent to Latin relāb(ī ) + -sus for -tus suffix of v. action
Other words from Relapse
re·laps·a·ble , adjective
re·laps·er , noun
un·re·laps·ing , adjective
Word origin for Relapse
C16: from Latin relabī to slip back, from re- + labī to slip, slide
Synonyms for Relapse
recidivism, recurrence, regression, worsening, backsliding, fall, lapse, loss, repetition, retrogression, return, reversion, setback, fall from grace, turn for the worse