relapse
/ɹɪˈlæps/
noun
- 1
The act or situation of relapsing.
“a drug relapse”
- 2
An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
- 3
One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.
verb
- 1
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.”
- 2
(of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
- 3
To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
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