LekhoriLekhoriTo fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
He has improved recently but keeps relapsing into states of utter confusion.
To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
relapsed after 5 months of being clean
The act or situation of relapsing.
a drug relapse
An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
From Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi (“to slide back, fall back”), from re- (“back”) + labi (“to slip, slide, fall”).
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One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.