relapse
Roget category 661
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends
#661.
Relapse
noun
relapse,
lapse —
falling back
etc.
v. —
retrogradation
etc.
(retrogression)
283† —
deterioration
etc.
659.
[Return to, or recurrence of a bad state]
backsliding,
recidivation† —
recidivism,
recidivity† —
recrudescence.
verb
relapse,
lapse —
fall back,
slide back,
sink back —
return —
retrograde
etc.
283 —
recidivate —
fall off again
etc.
659.
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