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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•lapse /v. rɪˈlæps; n. also ˈrilæps/USA pronunciation v., -lapsed, -laps•ing, n. v. [no object] - to fall or slip back into a former state or practice:to relapse into silence.
- Pathologyto fall back into illness after seeming to get better or be recovering:He relapsed into a coma.
n. [countable] - an act or instance of relapsing.
- Pathologya return of a disease after one has partly recovered from it.
See -laps-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•lapse (v. ri laps′;n. ri laps′, rē′laps),USA pronunciation v., -lapsed, -laps•ing, n. v.i. - to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.:to relapse into silence.
- Pathologyto fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery.
- to fall back into vice, wrongdoing, or error;
backslide:to relapse into heresy.
n. - an act or instance of relapsing.
- Pathologya return of a disease or illness after partial recovery from it.
- Medieval Latin relāpsus, equivalent. to Latin relāb(ī) + -sus for -tus suffix of verb, verbal action
- Latin relāpsus, past participle of relābī to slide back, revert (re- re- + lāb- verb, verbal stem + -sus for -tus past participle suffix); (noun, nominal) late Middle English
- (verb, verbal) late Middle English 1400–50
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged regress, revert, lapse.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: relapse vb /rɪˈlæps/(intransitive)- to lapse back into a former state or condition, esp one involving bad habits
- to become ill again after apparent recovery
n /rɪˈlæps; ˈriːˌlæps/- the act or an instance of relapsing
- the return of ill health after an apparent or partial recovery
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin relabī to slip back, from re- + labī to slip, slidereˈlapser n |