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    relapse
    I
    re‧lapse1 /rɪˈlæps/ verb [intransitive]
    1. to become ill again after you have seemed to improve
        relapse into
        We were afraid he might relapse into a coma.
    2. to start to behave badly again
        relapse into
        Clara soon relapsed into her old ways.

    II
    re‧lapse2 /rɪˈlæps $ ˈriːlæps/ noun [uncountable and countable]
     Date: 1400-1500
     Language: Latin
     Origin: past participle of relabi __to slide back__
    when someone becomes ill again after having seemed to improve:
        She had a relapse and died soon after.