2syllables
relapse
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Definitions ofrelapse
1noun
- The act or situation of relapsing.
Example: "a drug relapse"
- An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
- One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.
1verb
- To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
Example: "He has improved recently but keeps relapsing into states of utter confusion."
- (of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
- To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
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