Roget's Thesaurus: Entry 661 (Relapse)

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#661. Relapse. -- N. relapse, lapse; falling back &c. v.; retrogradation &c. (retrogression) 283[obs]; deterioration &c. 659.

[Return to, or recurrence of a bad state] backsliding, recidivation |; recidivism, recidivity[obs]; recrudescence.

V. relapse, lapse; fall back, slide back, sink back; return; retrograde &c. 283; recidivate; fall off again &c. 659 .