English Dictionary

relapse

/ɹɪˈlæps/

verb

(intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice. / (intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).

After months of sobriety, he relapsed and started drinking again.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.

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.

意味（2）

(intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).

意味（3）

(intransitive, informal, specifically) To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.

relapsed after 5 months of being clean

意味（4）

To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.

You slip your hold and change your side,

You slip your hold and change your side, Relapsing from a necessary guide.