relapse
[verb]
Synonyms:
- lapse, backslide, degenerate, fail, regress, revert, slip back
- worsen, deteriorate, fade, fail, sicken, sink, weaken
[noun]
Synonyms:
- lapse, backsliding, regression, retrogression
- worsening, deterioration, turn for the worse, weakening

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I. re‧lapse¹ /rɪˈlæps/ verb [intransitive]

1. to become ill again after you have seemed to improve
relapse into
We were afraid he might relapse into a coma.

2. to start to behave badly again
relapse into
Clara soon relapsed into her old ways.

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II. re‧lapse² /rɪˈlæps $ ˈriːlæps/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of relabi 'to slide back']
when someone becomes ill again after having seemed to improve:
She had a relapse and died soon after.

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relapse
noun
ADJ. acute
VERB + RELAPSE suffer | cause, trigger A wide range of emotionally stressful events may trigger a relapse.
prevent
RELAPSE + VERB occur
PREP. in ~ Even in relapse there will be times when the patient's general condition improves.
PHRASES a risk of relapse

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