relapse
- relapse
- [[t]rɪlæ̱ps[/t]]
relapses, relapsing, relapsed
(The noun can be pronounced [[t]rɪlæ̱ps[/t]] or [[t]ri͟ːlæps[/t]].)
1) VERB If you say that someone relapses into a way of behaving that is undesirable, you mean that they start to behave in that way again.
[V into n] `I wish I did,' said Phil Jordan, relapsing into his usual gloom...
[V into n] It is by no means clear that the financial markets will not relapse into panic.
Relapse is also a noun.
...a relapse into the nationalism of the nineteenth century.
2) VERB If a sick person relapses, their health suddenly gets worse after it had been improving.
In 90 per cent of cases the patient will relapse within six months.
N-VAR
Relapse is also a noun.
The treatment is usually given to women with a high risk of relapse after surgery... The sufferer can experience frequent relapses.
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relapse — I noun backsliding, declension, declination, decline, degeneration, deterioration, escheat, fall, lapse, reddere, recidivation, recidivism, recrudescence, recrudescency, recurrence, regress, regression, reoccurrence, repetition, retrocession,… … Law dictionary
relapse — n lapse, backsliding (see under LAPSE vb) Analogous words: *reversion, atavism, throwback: degeneration, decline, declension, decadence, *deterioration relapse vb *lapse, backslide Analogous words: revert, * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
