relapsationn.
/ˌriːlapˈseɪʃn/, U.S. /rəˌlæpˈseɪʃ(ə)n/, /riˌlæpˈseɪʃ(ə)n/ rare.
The action of relapse v. (in various senses); relapsing; an instance of this. Also: reversion to an earlier form.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [noun] > falling or sinking back
relapsation1569
relapse1615
1569 R. Androse tr. ‘Alessio’ 4th Bk. Secretes iii. 36 To heale the relapsation of the gummes [It. Alle gengiue relassate].
1829 D. Bishop Causal Bot. 117 Instances of relapsation may occur amongst Subspecies that are exposed to an intercourse with their congeners.
1861 Pacific Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 4 42 Even the spasmodic acts of reformation and relapsation into vicious ways, are under the control of the same hidden but not undiscoverable laws.
1999 E. J. Hoffman Cancer & Search for Selective Biochem. Inhibitors vii. 265 Infections can cause diseases with long incubation periods, accompanied by periods of remission followed by relapsation.
2001 J. H. Arnold Inquisition & Power iii. 84 However, ‘la fraude’ was not a relapsation into heresy, but in fact consisted of having failed to confess again to events previously revealed to other inquisitors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- in the middle
- in the middle of
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- in the mids of
- in the midst of
- in the midtime
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- in the minority
- in the mirligoes
- in the mix
- in the mode
- in the money
- in the morning
- in the morrow
- in the mortar
- in the most deal
- in the most part
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- in the mould
- in the moult
- in the mouth of a person
- in the movement
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