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Relapsed :: Relapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Relaps.

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

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

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

Illapse :: Illapse (v. i.) To fall or glide; to pass; -- usually followed by into.

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..

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..

Peridiastole :: Peridiastole (n.) The almost inappreciable time which elapses between the systole and the diastole of the heart.

Recadency :: Recadency (n.) A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.

Delapse :: Delapse (v. i.) To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.

Supralapsarian :: Supralapsarian (n.) One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian..

Lapsed :: Lapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Laps.

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

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance..

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..

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

Prolapse :: Prolapse (v. i.) To fall down or out; to protrude.

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

Collapsion :: Collapsion (n.) Collapse.

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.

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