relapse
verbenomattesté dans les dialogues
- //ɹɪˈlæps//
- //ˈɹiːˌlæps//
To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
verbe
- 1
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
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.
- 2
To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
- 3
familierTo return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
relapsed after 5 months of being clean
- 4
To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
You slip your hold and change your side, Relapsing from a necessary guide.
Étymologie
From Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi (“to slide back, fall back”), from re- (“back”) + labi (“to slip, slide, fall”).
nom
- 1
The act or situation of relapsing.
a drug relapse
Alas! from what high hope to what relapse / Unlooked for are we fallen!
- 2
An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement
- 3
obsolèteOne who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.
Formes
- pluriel
- relapses
- passé
- relapsed
- participe passé
- relapsed
- participe présent
- relapsing
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- relapses
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