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Go back to bad behavior
Answer for the clue "Go back to bad behavior ", 9 letters:
relapsing
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Word definitions for relapsing in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Relapse \Re*lapse"\ (r?-l?ps"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Relapsed (-l?pst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relapsing .] [L. relapsus, p. p. of relabi to slip back, to relapse; pref. re- re- + labi to fall, slip, slide. See Lapse .] To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context archaic English) relapse vb. (present participle of relapse English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a failure to maintain a higher state [syn: backsliding , lapse , lapsing , relapse , reversion , reverting ]
Usage examples of relapsing.
After relapsing, work hard to avoid or to prepare for your next lapse.
When the new converts had been enrolled in the number of the faithful, and were admitted to the sacraments of the church, they found themselves restrained from relapsing into their past disorders by another consideration of a less spiritual, but of a very innocent and respectable nature.
Mr Turnbull, relapsing into the language he associated with sophistication in matters of the heart.
Lady Maud, relapsing rather prematurely into the language of the nursery.
He slouched back again in his chair, relapsing for several minutes into brooding silence, while Marston found an excuse for lingering in carefully aligning the several pieces of plate set out on the sideboard.