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. Amanda Ellis:

   I have to work on loving myself every day, i try to be very careful with my exercise and keep it in moderation. I sometimes have to be reminded to do so. Because I was bulimic my mind tends to convert everything into calories and think about how much I have to exercise. That is a dangerous mindset for relapse.

2. Gemma Lewis:

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

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. Cynthia Moreno Tuohy:

   Whenever there's a natural disaster, we know that relapse goes up, because of anxiety, the fear of the unknown, now we have an ongoing, natural disaster, if you will.

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.