Antonyms for relapse
rɪˈlæps; ˈri læpsre·lapse

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. relapse

   Antonyms:
   advance, advancement, attainment, development, growth, improvement, increase, proficiency, progress, progression

   Synonyms:
   check, decline, delay, falling back, falling off, retrogression, stay, stop, stoppage

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. relapseverb

   Antonyms:
   recover, amend, progress, advance, improve

   Synonyms:
   retrogress, recede, deteriorate

2. relapsenoun

   Antonyms:
   recovery, return, improvement

   Synonyms:
   falling back, retrogression, returning to a former state

Matched Categories

1. • Change State

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, revertingverb

   a failure to maintain a higher state

   Synonyms:
   reversal, atavism, lapse, oversight, turnaround, relapsing, regress, backsliding, lapsing, throwback, regression, turnabout, reverse, reverting, retrogression, reversion, retroversion

2. get worse, relapseverb

   deteriorate in health

   "he relapsed"

   Synonyms:
   retrogress, get worse, recidivate, regress, lapse, fall back

3. relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall backverb

   go back to bad behavior

   "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

   Synonyms:
   go along, lapse, slip away, recidivate, backslide, retrogress, lag, retrovert, regress, elapse, dawdle, revert, fall back, fall behind, sink, lose, glide by, retrograde, resort, pass, return, slide by, recede, drop off, slip by, go by, get worse, recur, turn back

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. relapse

   Synonyms:
   Recrudescence

How to use relapse in a sentence?

1. John Kinsey:

   We're having a relapse. I'm hopeful this is a reaction to the good week we had last week, and we'll have a couple of soft days and then it will get better.

2. Richard Davidson:

   Depression is a recurrent illness, relapse is a very significant problem with depression, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy may be particularly valuable in reducing the risk of relapse.

3. Jennifer Dahne:

   Acknowledge that relapse is normal when trying to change any behavior, including quitting vaping, it's important to learn from what worked and what didn't work during past quit attempts and to try to quit again.

4. Gemma Lewis:

   The patients who stopped their antidepressants experienced a relapse sooner than the patients who stayed on their antidepressants.

5. Joseph Spero:

   It is well-established that effective treatment of mental health and substance use disorders includes treatment aimed at preventing relapse or deterioration of the patient's condition and maintaining the patient's level of functioning. UBH Guidelines deviate from that standard.

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