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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v.) [[A]] sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To fall from [[Christian]] faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:59, 13 October 2021
Relapse [1]
(1): ( v.) A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back.
(2): ( v. i.) To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide.
(3): ( v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.
(4): ( 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.
(5): ( v.) One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again.
