the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding; a recurrence of symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
to restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken : fix; to restore to a sound or healthy state : renew; to make good : compensate for : remedy… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
an impinging or striking especially of one body against another; a forceful contact or onset; also : the impetus communicated in or as if in such a contact; the force of impression of one thing on another : a significant or major effect… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
fight, battle, war; competitive or opposing action of incompatibles : antagonistic state or action (as of divergent ideas, interests, or persons); mental struggle resulting from incompatible or opposing needs, drives, wishes, or external or internal demands… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
to cause (a solvent) to pass through a permeable substance (such as a powdered drug) especially for extracting a soluble constituent; to prepare (coffee) in a percolator; to be diffused through : penetrate… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
a fluid secreted by the mammary glands of females for the nourishment of their young; milk from an animal and especially a cow used as food by people; a food product produced from seeds or fruit that resembles and is used similarly to cow's milk… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
physical equilibrium; the ability to retain one's balance; stability produced by even distribution of weight on each side of the vertical axis… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal; one who supports or promotes the interests of a cause or group; one who pleads the cause of another; specifically : one who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
a written composition in which two or more characters are represented as conversing; a conversation between two or more persons; also : a similar exchange between a person and something else (such as a computer); an exchange of ideas and opinions… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
something formed by a union of elements or parts; especially : a distinct substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportion by weight; a word consisting of components that are words (such as rowboat, high school, devil-may-care)… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers); an organism (such as an insect or a fungus) that causes blight; something that frustrates plans or hopes… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
to come together in a body; to summon before a tribunal; to cause to assemble… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
a distinctive feeling or quality capable of being sensed —often plural… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
something formed by a union of elements or parts; especially : a distinct substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportion by weight; a word consisting of components that are words (such as rowboat, high school, devil-may-care)… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard; a broken, ruptured, or torn condition or area; a gap (as in a wall) made by battering… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com