"relapse" Definition

Definitions for the word "relapse" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. i.
To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v.
A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v.
One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v.
(-sing) (usu. Foll. By into) fall back or sink again (into a worse state after improvement). n. Relapsing, esp. A deterioration in a patient''s condition after partial recovery. [latin labor laps- slip]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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