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Relapse :: Relapse (v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again..

Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) 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..

Recadency :: Recadency (n.) A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.

Decurrence :: Decurrence (n.) The act of running down; a lapse.

Irrelapsable :: Irrelapsable (a.) Not liable to relapse; secure.

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A fall or apostasy.

Delapse :: Delapse (v. i.) To pass down by inheritance; to lapse.

Relapse :: Relapse (v.) A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back..

Failing :: Failing (n.) A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing..

Elapse :: Elapse (v. i.) To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time..

Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as, their vacation passed pleasantly..

Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..

Interlapse :: Interlapse (n.) The lapse or interval of time between two events.

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege..

Collapse :: Collapse (v. i.) To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance..

Delapsed :: Delapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Delaps.

Senescent :: Senescent (a.) Growing old; decaying with the lapse of time.

Weed :: Weed (n.) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed..

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.

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