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relapse
[ verb ri-laps; noun ri-laps, ree-laps ]
verb (used without object)
- to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.:
to relapse into silence.
- to fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery.
- to fall back into vice, wrongdoing, or error; backslide:
to relapse into heresy.
Synonyms: , ,
noun
- an act or instance of relapsing.
- a return of a disease or illness after partial recovery from it.
relapse
verb
- to lapse back into a former state or condition, esp one involving bad habits
- to become ill again after apparent recovery
noun
- the act or an instance of relapsing
- the return of ill health after an apparent or partial recovery
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·a· adjective
- ·İ noun
- ܲr·iԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of relapse1
Example Sentences
Chanel says her brother had "a really long period of sobriety" before relapsing, something she says the family only discovered after James's death.
"I started to relapse, and the old stuff came back. The panic attacks, flashbacks," he added.
According to the psychiatrist, Aswat was "highly ambivalent about the need for medication and had relapsed twice as a result of stopping treatment", which had coincided with violent outbursts.
She said after a series of relapses and months of treatment over the course of last year, she had received a stem cell transplant in December and had been declared cancer-free.
For example, access to medication-assisted treatment is often removed once pregnant people give birth, even though this is a particularly vulnerable time for relapse, overdose and death.
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