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- Latin · derived fromrelapsus
- English todayrelapse
From Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi (“to slide back, fall back”), from re- (“back”) + labi (“to slip, slide, fall”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice. Full definition →
Latin relapsus