recaer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- relapse verb To fall back into a former, usually worse, state after a period of improvement.
Senses
recaer is used for these senses in English:
- fall off the wagon (idiomatic) To cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction.
- fall on To be assigned to; to acquire a new responsibility, duty or burden.
- 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
- verb To fall back into a former, usually worse, state after a period of improvement.
- noun An occasion of falling back into illness, a bad habit, or a previous state.
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