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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..

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

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

Interlapse :: Interlapse (n.) The lapse or interval of time between two events.

Setback :: Setback (n.) A backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.

Algidity :: Algidity (n.) coldness and collapse.

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.

Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses..

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..

Collapsed :: Collapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Collaps.

Senescent :: Senescent (a.) Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.

Hypostrophe :: Hypostrophe (n.) A relapse, or return of a disease..

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

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

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

Lapsed :: Lapsed (a.) Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy..

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

Prolapsion :: Prolapsion (n.) Prolapse.

Relief :: Relief (n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant..

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