Synonyms for relapse
rɪˈlæps; ˈri læpsre·lapse

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1. relapse

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

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

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1. relapseverb

   Synonyms:
   retrogress, recede, deteriorate

   Antonyms:
   recover, amend, progress, advance, improve

2. relapsenoun

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

   Antonyms:
   recovery, return, improvement

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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

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1. • Change State

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1. relapseverb

   Synonyms:
   fall back, return to a former state (especially a bad state)

2. relapsenoun

   Synonyms:
   falling back, return to a former state (especially a bad state)

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1. List of paraphrases for "relapse":

   relapsed, recurrence, recidivism, backsliding, setback, re-offending, slip, reoffending

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1. relapse

   Synonyms:
   Recrudescence

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1. Bhanuprakash Kolla:

   Up to two-thirds of them report sleep disturbances when they stop cannabis use, and it is a frequent reason for relapse to cannabis use, therefore, cannabis can set up a pattern where it is minimally helpful for sleep in the short term and then disrupt sleep, making it difficult to stop use in the medium to long term.

2. Pat Sajak:

   It's not that I've had a relapse. It's just because of the technicalities of the taping order and all of that. So, you're gon na see Vanna( White) doing her Pat impression here ; she does a great job. And we have a special letter-toucher, so pay attention.

3. 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.

4. Celia Morgan:

   Ketamine is a well-tolerated drug and can help alleviate the symptoms of depression, with a pilot study suggesting that it could cut alcohol relapse rates by more than half, this trial will allow us to examine whether ketamine, combined with therapy, can indeed help people stay abstinent from alcohol.

5. Yasmin Hurd:

   The intense craving is what drives the drug use, if we can have the medications that can dampen that [ craving ], that can greatly reduce the chance of relapse and overdose risk.