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Relapser :: Relapser (n.) One who relapses.

Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..

Lapse :: Lapse (v. t.) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender..

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses..

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.

Progression :: Progression (n.) Course; passage; lapse or process of time.

Lapse :: Lapse (v. t.) To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.

Elapsed :: Elapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Elaps.

Prolapse :: Prolapse (n.) The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum..

Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance..

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..

Delapsed :: Delapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Delaps.

Recidivous :: Recidivous (a.) Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.

Lability :: Lability (n.) Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize..

Fall :: Fall (n.) Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels..

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A fall or apostasy.

Relapse :: Relapse (v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again..

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel..

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege..

Backset :: Backset (n.) A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.

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