# relapse
## English
### Etymology

From Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi (“to slide back, fall back”), from re- (“back”) + labi (“to slip, slide, fall”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɹɪˈlæps/, /ˈɹiːˌlæps/
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* Rhymes: -æps

### Verb

relapse (third-person singular simple present relapses, present participle relapsing, simple past and past participle relapsed)
* (intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
    He has improved recently but keeps relapsing into states of utter confusion.
    to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism
    to relapse into slumber after being disturbed
** 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.
* (intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
* (intransitive, informal, specifically) To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
    relapsed after 5 months of being clean
* To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
** 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Hind and the Panther”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:You slip your hold and change your side, Relapsing from a necessary guide.

#### Hyponyms

* (to fall back into a former state or practice): fall off the wagon

#### Derived terms

* relapsing fever

#### Translations
### Noun

relapse (plural relapses)
* The act or situation of relapsing.
    a drug relapse
** 1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:Alas! from what high hope to what relapse / Unlooked for are we fallen!
* (medicine) An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
* (obsolete) One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.

#### Translations
### See also

* remission

### Further reading

* “relapse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “relapse”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “relapse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Leapers, Perales, leapers, pleaser, presale, repeals

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin relapsus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈa]

### Adjective

relapse (feminine relapsa, masculine and feminine plural relapses)
* (religion) relapsed

### Noun

relapse m (plural relapses, feminine relapsa)
* backslider (someone who has relapsed into sin or heresy)

### Further reading

* “relapse” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /reˈla.pse/
* Rhymes: -apse
* Hyphenation: re‧là‧pse

### Adjective

relapse
* feminine plural of relapso

### Noun

relapse f pl
* plural of relapsa

### Anagrams

* saperle, spelare, spelerà

## Latin
### Participle

relāpse
* vocative masculine singular of relāpsus