Definition of relapse

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Relapse (v. i.) To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed..

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Hypostrophe :: Hypostrophe (n.) A relapse, or return of a disease..
Weed :: Weed (n.) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed..
Relapse :: Relapse (v.) A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back..
Relapser :: Relapser (n.) One who relapses.
Setback :: Setback (n.) A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.
Recidivous :: Recidivous (a.) Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.
Relapse :: Relapse (v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again..
Irrelapsable :: Irrelapsable (a.) Not liable to relapse; secure.
Relapsed :: Relapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Relaps.
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed..
Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Recadency :: Recadency (n.) A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide..
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..
Relapsing :: Relapsing (a.) Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.
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