- to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
- to fall back into illness after convalescence or apparent recovery.
- to fall back into vice, wrongdoing, or error; backslide: to relapse into heresy.
- an act or instance of relapsing.
- a return of a disease or illness after partial recovery from it.
- to lapse back into a former state or condition, esp one involving bad habits
- to become ill again after apparent recovery
- the act or an instance of relapsing
- the return of ill health after an apparent or partial recovery
