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View definitions for relapsing

relapsing

adjective as in recessive

noun as in backsliding

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The longer someone stays well, the lower their chance of relapsing, although that possibility never becomes zero.

Had anyone known that he was relapsing to begin with, he might not have needed to be.

At this point, the thought of relapsing on wet sends shivers down his spine.

Relapsing on heroin after having dropped out of methadone maintenance had severe consequences for both of them.

The spirillum of relapsing fever can be identified by the method for the malarial parasite in fresh blood.

Ay, murmured the sick woman, relapsing into her former drowsy state, what about her?what aboutI know!

One thing had saved him from relapsing into the nervous dreamer, and the weaver of bright but aimless fancies.

Pierre, who was relapsing into nervous irritation, wanted to know what Marowsko meant by this phrase.

"I'd rather not—the house may be full of Indians," replied Joe, relapsing into his natural cowardice.

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to relapsing, such as: receding, dormant, inactive, latent, regressive, and suspended.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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