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

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