relapse

Etymology
From, past participle of , from +.

Verb

 * 1)  To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
 * 2)  To recur; to worsen, be aggravated after a period of improvement.
 * 3)  To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
 * 4) To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
 * 1)  To recur; to worsen, be aggravated after a period of improvement.
 * 2)  To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
 * 3) To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
 * 1) To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
 * 1) To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.

Hyponyms

 * fall off the wagon

Derived terms

 * relapsing fever

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Esperanto: refali
 * Dutch: hervallen
 * Finnish: kokea takaisku,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua: recader
 * Italian: ricadere,
 * Macedonian: па́дне, па́ѓа, се вра́ти
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: huchachakuy
 * Romanian: recidiva
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ath-thuislich, ath-thuit
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian: влошавам се
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: bughat
 * Dutch: hervallen
 * Finnish: ;  ,
 * German: sich verschlimmern, sich verschlechtern
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ぶり返す
 * Macedonian: се вло́ши
 * Manx: aahuitt, aaskyrr
 * Maori: matahoki
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:

Noun

 * 1) The act or situation of relapsing.
 * 2)  An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
 * 3)  One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.
 * 1)  An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
 * 2)  One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.

Translations

 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: recaiguda,, reincidència
 * Cebuano: bughat
 * Czech:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: refalo
 * Finnish: uudelleen lankeaminen
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, , , állapotromlás, relapszus
 * Interlingua: recadita
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: рециди́в
 * Manx: aahuittym, aaghoghan
 * Maori: matahoki
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ath-thuisleachadh, ath-thuiteam
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Ukrainian: рециди́в

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1)  relapsed

Noun

 * 1) backslider someone who has relapsed into sin or heresy