recurrence

[ ri-kur-uh ns, -kuhr- ]

/ rɪˈkɜr əns, -ˈkʌr- /

an act or instance of recurring.

return to a previous condition, habit, subject, etc.

recourse.

Origin of recurrence

First recorded in 1640–50; recur + -ence

There is an old Jewish joke about the recurrence of the biblical flood.

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The 91-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II was rushed to hospital on Wednesday with a recurrence of the infection.

Philip Out of Hospital |Tom Sykes |August 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Worse, the recurrence of this whiny, unsympathetic caricature in a writer's work makes an unpleasant statement about the writer.

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Many good stories have rhythm, recurrence, repetition of the leit motiv.

Picture-Work |Walter L. (Walter Lowrie) Hervey

An order of recurrence does exist, however, giving the definite form essential to poetry.

Studies of Contemporary Poets |Mary C. Sturgeon
When a particular phenomenon occurs rarely, the probabilities are strong against the recurrence of it.

The English in the West Indies |James Anthony Froude
Indeed, at one time it was believed that a recurrence was almost certain to occur.

Preventable Diseases |Woods Hutchinson
The object of all punishments is evidently to prevent the recurrence of offences, either by others or by the offender himself.

The Lieutenant and Commander |Basil Hall

recurrence

[ rĭ-kûr′əns ]

A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease, as in relapsing fever.

relapse