Definitions for relapse

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relapse re·lapse

Spelling: [verb ri-laps; noun ri-laps, Relapse is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 249 anagrams from letters in relapse (aeelprs).

Definitions for relapse

noun

1. an act or instance of relapsing.
2. a return of a disease or illness after partial recovery from it.

verb (used without object)

1. to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.:
2. to fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery.
3. to fall back into vice, wrongdoing, or error; backslide:

Origin of relapse

1400-50; (v.) late Middle English Latin relāpsus, past participle of relābī to slide back, revert (re- re- + lāb- v. stem + -sus for -tus past participle suffix); (noun

Examples for relapse

I, who whip round corners and bluster, relapse and evade, then rally and pursue!

However, as the recent and unpredicted actions in Crimea remind us, there is always a chance of relapse.

There was a temporary rally, followed by a relapse, at Alexandria.

In 59 percent of those cases, the relapse occurred within the first week.

And in the early 1980s—1981, 1982, 1983—he has been suffering from a relapse of his drug addiction.

But the notes that called me home were too clarion-like for a relapse into puppyism.

I had sent for Doctor Norrey, as soon as the relapse came, and he was there with me.

And when the relapse fell on him, was he in most respects—or in all respects—as he was then?

Maybe most importantly, the app includes interactive features to intervene before a relapse occurs.

In the absence of chemotherapy, there was an 80 percent chance of relapse.