intransitive. To fall back, relapse; to backslide. Now: spec. to relapse into crime, to reoffend.

intransitive. To fall back or away (from some state or condition), to degenerate. Obsolete.

intransitive. To fall back or revert towards a lower or less flourishing (former) condition; to regress. Also †transitive: to cause (a person or…

intransitive. To fall or draw back; to relapse.

intransitive. To go back, move backwards. Cf. regress, v. 1b.