relapse

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Synonyms: elapse, delapse

Antonyms: elapse, delapse

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[fall]] [[back]] again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive|medicine|of a disease}} To [[recur]]; to [[worsen]], [[be]] [[aggravate]]d {{gloss|after a period of improvement}}.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive|informal|specifically}} To [[return]] to a [[vice]], especially [[self-harm]] or [[alcoholism]], failing to maintain [[abstinence]].
4. To slip or slide back physically; to [[turn back]].

Noun

1. The act or situation of relapsing.
2. {{lb|en|medicine}} An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} One who has relapsed, or fallen back into [[error]]; a [[backslider]].

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