relapse

relapse
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin relapsus, from Latin relabi to slide back, from re- + labi to slide — more at sleep Date: 15th century 1. the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding 2. a recurrence of symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement II. intransitive verb (relapsed; relapsing) Date: circa 1534 1. to slip or fall back into a former worse state 2. sink, subside <
relapse into deep thought
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relapser noun

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