Definition of relapse

noun (n)

• a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

  Synonym: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapsing, reversion, reverting
  

  source: wordnet30
• A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• deteriorate in health (verb.change)

  Synonym: get worse
  Antonym: bounce back, get over, get well
  

  Example:
  He relapsed.
  

  source: wordnet30
• go back to bad behavior (verb.body)

  Synonym: fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress
  

  source: wordnet30
• To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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