RECRUDESCENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recrudescence mean? 

• RECRUDESCENCE (noun)
  The noun RECRUDESCENCE has 1 sense:

1. a return of something after a period of abatement

  Familiarity information: RECRUDESCENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECRUDESCENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A return of something after a period of abatement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

a recrudescence of the symptoms

Hypernyms ("recrudescence" is a kind of...):

eruption; irruption; outbreak (a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition))

Derivation:

recrudesce (happen)

recrudescent (the revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement)

 Context examples 

Martin had enjoyed the fight, with a recrudescence of the old fighting thrills.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A recrudescence of anger glinted in Weedon Scott's grey eyes, and he muttered savagely, "The beast!"

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“What can I tell you?” he demanded, with a recrudescence of fierceness.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He had been to the working-class picnics too often in his earlier life not to know what they were like, and as he entered the park he experienced a recrudescence of all the old sensations.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)