relapse

relapse noun backsliding, declension, declination, decline, degeneration, deterioration, escheat, fall, lapse, recidere, recidivation, recidivism, recrudescence, recurrence, regress, regression, reoccurrence, retrocession, retrogradation, retrogression, return, reversal, reverse, reversion, setback, sinking, weakening

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relapse verb backslide, decline, degenerate, fall, fall back, recidere, recidivate, recrudesce, regress, relabi, renew, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress, retrovert, return, reverse, revert, sink back, slide back, slip back, start again, start fresh, suffer a relapse, wane, weaken

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See also: crossroad, decline, escheat, expiration, lapse, recidivate, recidivism, recrudescence, regress, renewal, repeat, return, reversion

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RELAPSE. The condition of one who, after having abandoned a course of vice, returns to it again. Vide Recidive.