relapsed

Verb

relapse (third-person singular simple present relapses, present participle relapsing, simple past and past participle relapsed)

1. (intransitive) 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.
2. (intransitive) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
3. (informal, intransitive, specifically) To 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.1700, [John] Dryden, “The Hind and the Panther”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

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