relapse

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi (to slide back, fall back), from re- (back) + labi (to slip, slide, fall).

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relapse (third-person singular simple present relapses, present participle relapsing, simple past and past participle relapsed)

  1. (intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
    He has improved recently but keeps relapsing into states of utter confusion.
    to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism
    to relapse into slumber after being disturbed
  2. (intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
  3. (intransitive, informal, specifically) To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
    relapsed after 5 months of being clean
  4. To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.

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Noun

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relapse (plural relapses)

  1. The act or situation of relapsing.
    a drug relapse
  2. (medicine) An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
  3. (obsolete) One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin relapsus.

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Adjective

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relapse (feminine relapsa, masculine and feminine plural relapses)

  1. (religion) relapsed

Noun

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relapse m (plural relapses, feminine relapsa)

  1. backslider (someone who has relapsed into sin or heresy)

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /reˈla.pse/
  • Rhymes: -apse
  • Hyphenation: re‧là‧pse

Adjective

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relapse

  1. feminine plural of relapso

Noun

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relapse f pl

  1. plural of relapsa

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Latin

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Participle

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relāpse

  1. vocative masculine singular of relāpsus