| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A slipping from a higher or better condition to a lower or poorer one: backsliding, lapse, recidivation, recidivism, relapse. See BETTER, REPETITION. | | VERB: | To slip from a higher or better condition to a former, usually lower or poorer one: lapse, regress, relapse, retrogress, revert. See BETTER, REPETITION.
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