Relapse
- Relapse
- Relapse Re*lapse" (r?-l?ps"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Relapsed}
(-l?pst"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Relapsing}.] [L. relapsus, p. p.
of relabi to slip back, to relapse; pref. re- re- + labi to
fall, slip, slide. See {Lapse}.]
1. To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.
[Obs.] --Dryden.
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2. To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to
fall back from some condition attained; -- generally in a
bad sense, as from a state of convalescence or amended
condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or
into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to
relapse into slumber after being disturbed.
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That task performed, [preachers] relapse into
themselves. --Cowper.
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3. (Theol.) To fall from Christian faith into paganism,
heresy, or unbelief; to backslide.
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They enter into the justified state, and so continue
all along, unless they relapse. --Waterland.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
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