Definition of relapses Relapses

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Verb relapses, relapsing, relapsed
relapse - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
		lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back
		retrovert, revert, regress, turn back, return undergo reversion, as in a mutation
relapse - deteriorate in health; "he relapsed"
		get worse
		bounce back, get well, get over improve in health; "He got well fast"
		change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

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relapse (Noun)
The act or situation of relapsing.
relapse (Noun)
One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.
relapse (Verb)
To fall back again.
relapse (Verb)
To recur; to worsen, be aggravated.

relapse (v. i.)
To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.
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.
relapse (v. i.)
To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide.
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.
relapse (v.)
One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again.

relapse
rē-laps′, v.i. to slide, sink, or fall back: to return to a former state of practice: to backslide.—n. a falling back into a former bad state: (med.) the return of a disease after convalescence.—n. Relap′ser.—adj. Relap′sing. [L. relabi, relapsus—re-, back, labi, to slide.]