relapsing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a failure to maintain a higher state
    relapse; reversion; lapse; reverting; lapsing; backsliding.
  2. verb deteriorate in health
    get worse; relapse.
    • he relapsed
  3. verb go back to bad behavior
    retrogress; recidivate; relapse; lapse; fall back; regress.
    • Those who recidivate are often minor criminals

WordNet


Re*laps"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.

Webster 1913