relapse

n. மறுக்களிப்பு, முன்னிலை மறிவு, மறுவீழ்வு, நோய் நிலை வகையில் மீண்டும் சீர்கேடடைவு, (வினை) தவறான செயல்களில் மீண்டும் சறுக்கிவிழு, மீண்டும் நிலை மோசமாகு, பழைய நிலைக்கே மீண்டுஞ் சறுக்கு.

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Synonyms

#verb retrogress, recede, deteriorate #noun falling_back, retrogression,[returning_to_a_former_state_(especially_a_bad_state)]

Antonyms

#verb recover, amend, progress, advance, improve #noun recovery, return, improvement

Re*lapse" (r-lps"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Relapsed (-lpst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relapsing.] Etym: [L.relapsus, p. p. of relabi to slip back, to relapse; pref. re- re- + labi to fall, slip, slide. See Lapse.] 1. To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back. [Obs.] Dryden. 2. 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 relaps into a stupor, into vice, or into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after being disturbed. That task performed, [preachers] relapse into themselves. Cowper. 3. (Theol.) Defn: To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide. They enter into the justified state, and so continue all along, unless they relapse. Waterland. Re*lapse", n. Etym: [For sense 2 cf. F. relaps. See Relapse, v.] 1. A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back. Alas! from what high hope to what relapse Unlooked for are we fallen! Milton. 2. One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backlider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again. [Obs.]

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