recidivare — meaning in English

English meaning

• relapse verb To fall back into a former, usually worse, state after a period of improvement.

Senses

recidivare is used for these senses in English:

• relapse (intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
• relapse (intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).

relapse — full definition

1. verb To fall back into a former, usually worse, state after a period of improvement.
2. noun An occasion of falling back into illness, a bad habit, or a previous state.

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