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relaps

Pronunciation: /ʁə.laps/

“relaps” is a French word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. guilty of repeat apostasy
  2. who falls back into error repeatedly

In French

  1. Qui est retombé dans l’hérésie après l’avoir abjurée une première fois.
  2. Personne retombée dans l’hérésie.
  3. Malfaiteur récidiviste.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin relapsus.

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