Definitions of Relapse [ˈleɪd]

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Definition of 'Relapse'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) relapse
to fall or slip back into a former state or practice:
to relapse into silence.

2.  relapse
to fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery.

3.  relapse
to fall back into wrongdoing or error.

4. (n.) relapse
an act or instance of relapsing.

5.  relapse
a return of a disease after partial recovery from it.

Etymology: (1400–50; (v.) late ME < L relāpsus, ptp. of relābī to slide back, revert =re-re - +lābi to slide, slip; (n.) late ME < ML relāpsus= L relāb(ī)+-sus, for -tus suffix of v. action)

Definition of 'Relapse'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
a failure to maintain a higher state

2. (verb) get worse, relapse
deteriorate in health
"he relapsed"

3. (verb) relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back
go back to bad behavior
"Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

Definition of 'Relapse'

Webster Dictionary

1. Relapse
a sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back

2. Relapse
one who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again

3. (verb) Relapse
to slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back

4. (verb) Relapse
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

5. (verb) Relapse
to fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide

Translation of 'Relapse'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to return to a former bad or undesirable state (eg ill health, bad habits).
Afrikaans: insink	Arabic: يَرْتَد إلى وَضْعِ سَيِّء	Bulgarian: изпадам в предишно състоя
Brazilian: recair	Czech: znovu upadnout (do)	German: zurückfallen
Danish: falde tilbage	Greek: υποτροπιάζω, ξανακυλώ	Spanish: tener una recaída
Estonian: tagasi langema, kehvenema	Farsi: عود کردن	Finnish: sortua uudelleen
French: faire une rechute	Hebrew: לְדרדֵר חֲזָרָה	Hindi: फिर कष्ट में पड़ना
Croatian: zapasti u staro stanje, v	Hungarian: visszaesik	Indonesian: kambuh
Icelandic: falla afturí sama farið	Italian: (avere una ricaduta)	Japanese: 逆戻りする
Korean: 재발하다	Lithuanian: atkristi, vėl imti/pulti/	Latvian: atkārtoties; atgriezties
Malay: kembali sakit	Dutch: terugvallen	Norwegian: få tilbakefall
Polish: mieć nawrót, ponownie pop	Persian: عود کردن	Pashto: بيا كېوتل، بيرته په خوانى
Portuguese: recair	Romanian: a reveni (la)	Russian: снова впадать; снова пред
Slovak: znova upadnúť (do)	Slovenian: poslabšati se (stanje)	Serbian: vratiti se
Swedish: återfalla	Thai: กลับสู่สภาพเดิม	Turkish: yeniden ...-e dönmek, dep
Taiwanese: (舊病)復發，故態復萌	Ukrainian: знову захворіти	Urdu: بری عادت یا بیماری میں پھ
Vietnamese: tái phát	Chinese: （旧病）复发，故态复萌
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