What is the meaning of Relapse?

To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.

To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).

To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.

To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.

The act or situation of relapsing.

An occasion when a person becomes ill again after a period of improvement

One who has relapsed, or fallen back into error; a backslider.

relapsed

backslider (someone who has relapsed into sin or heresy)

feminine plural of relapso

plural of relapsa

vocative masculine singular of relāpsus

Source: wiktionary.org