relapse

relapse
relapsable, adj.relapser, n.
v. /ri laps"/; n. /ri laps", ree"laps/, v., relapsed, relapsing, n.
v.i.
1. to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
2. to fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery.
3. to fall back into vice, wrongdoing, or error; backslide: to relapse into heresy.
n.
4. an act or instance of relapsing.
5. a return of a disease or illness after partial recovery from it.
[1400-50; (v.) late ME < L relapsus, ptp. of relabi to slide back, revert (re- RE- + lab- v. stem + -sus for -tus ptp. suffix); (n.) late ME < ML relapsus, equiv. to L relab(i) + -sus for -tus suffix of v. action]
Syn. 3. regress, revert, lapse.

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