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Relapse

noun
/ɹɪˈlæps/
Word Frequency: 3.0

Definitions

1.nounThe act or situation of relapsing.
"a drug relapse"
2.nounAn occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
3.nounOne who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.
4.verbTo 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."
5.verb(of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
6.verbTo slip or slide back physically; to turn back.

Synonyms

recidivateretrogressbackslidingregressrecidivismreversionlapselapsingfall backget worserevertingbackslide

Rhymes With

collapselapseelapseperhapssnapsscrapschapstraps
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