1. relapse - Noun
2. relapse - Verb
To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.
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.
To fall from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide.
A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back.
One who has relapsed, or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after recanting error, returns to it again.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or anxiety, for example, you have done nothing to train the mind, so that when you come off the medication, you are just as vulnerable to a relapse as though you had never taken the medication. Daniel Goleman
As life goes on it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality and become more like yourself everyday. Agatha Christie
Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance. Horace
The number one cause of alcoholic relapse in winged insects is being trapped in a pint glass with an ashtray. Mitch Hedberg
Part of recovery is relapse. I dust myself off and move forward again. Steven Adler
Sickness is awful, but a relapse is worse. Sicilian Proverb