relapse
- relapse
re•lapse
v. [[t]rɪˈlæps[/t]] n. [[t]also ˈri læps[/t]]
v. -lapsed, -laps•ing, n.
1) to fall or slip back into a former state or practice:
to relapse into silence[/ex]
2) pat to fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery
3) to fall back into wrongdoing or error
4) cvb an act or instance of relapsing
5) pat a return of a disease after partial recovery from it
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Etymology:
1400–50; (v.) late ME < L relāpsus, ptp. of relābī to slide back, revert =re- re-+lābi to slide, slip; (n.) late ME < ML relāpsus= L relāb(ī)+-sus, for -tus suffix of v. action
re•laps′er, n.
From formal English to slang.
2014.
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relapse — I noun backsliding, declension, declination, decline, degeneration, deterioration, escheat, fall, lapse, reddere, recidivation, recidivism, recrudescence, recrudescency, recurrence, regress, regression, reoccurrence, repetition, retrocession,… … Law dictionary
relapse — n lapse, backsliding (see under LAPSE vb) Analogous words: *reversion, atavism, throwback: degeneration, decline, declension, decadence, *deterioration relapse vb *lapse, backslide Analogous words: revert, * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
