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RELAPSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A failure to maintain a higher state
Synonyms:
backsliding; lapse; lapsing; relapse; relapsing; reversion; reverting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("relapsing" is a kind of...):
failure (an act that fails)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "relapsing"):
recidivism (habitual relapse into crime)
Derivation:
relapse (go back to bad behavior)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb relapse
