Relapse synonyms and antonyms

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progress (antonym)
(Intransitive) to move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
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reversal
(Sports) A maneuver in wrestling in which a competitor being controlled by the opponent suddenly reverses the situation and gains control.
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recidivism
Habitual or chronic relapse, or tendency to relapse, esp. into crime or antisocial behavior
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succumb
To give way (to); yield; submit
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ebb
To fall away or decline
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regress
To return to a previous, usually worse or less developed state:
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decompensation (related)
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improvement (antonym)
Increase; growth; progress; advance.
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reversion
The right of succeeding to an office after the death or retirement of the holder.
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backsliding
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense
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deterioration
The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
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reverse
Reverse is defined as the opposite or the opposing side of something.
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setback
(Architecture) A step-like recession in a wall.
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lapse
To slip or fall; esp., to slip into a specified state
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retrogress
(Intransitive) To return to bad behaviour; to relapse.
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fall
Fall is defined as to drop or come down, often unexpectedly.
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backslide
To revert to bad habits or lapse in religious practice.
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become a backslider
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revert
(Biol.) To return to a former or primitive type; show ancestral characteristics normally no longer present in the species
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deteriorate
Deteriorate is defined as to make or become worse or lower in value or quality.
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degenerate
(Biol.) To undergo degeneration; deteriorate
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retrovert
To turn back.
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fall back
To retreat.
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fall off
(Intransitive) To diminish in size, value etc.
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weaken
To make or become weak or weaker
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sink back
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fall into again
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slide back
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slip back
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be overcome
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decay (related)
The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
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loss (related)
The amount of something lost:
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palindromic
Of, relating to, or being a palindrome.
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recidivous
Prone to relapse into immoral or antisocial behavior.
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regressive
(Of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the amount increases.
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retrocessive
Tending to retrocede; moving backward.
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declination
A bending or sloping downward; deviation from the horizontal or vertical
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retrocession
The return of land, etc. that was previously ceded.
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recidivate
(Intransitive) To return to criminal behaviour; to relapse
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sink
To cause or allow to fall or go down; lower
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slip
To cause to slip or move with a smooth, sliding motion
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subside
To sit down slowly; settle down:
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worsen
To make or become worse
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recovery (antonym)
Renewed growth after a slump (economy).
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strengthening (antonym)
That to strengthen.
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healing (antonym)
An act of healing, as by a faith healer.
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improve (antonym)
To raise to a more desirable or more excellent quality or condition; make better:
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recover (antonym)
(Law) To gain by legal process.
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strengthen (antonym)
To augment; to improve; to intensify.
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get-better (antonym)
(Idiomatic) To recover from illness or other incapacitation.
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heal (antonym)
(Intransitive) To become better.
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better (related)
To a greater extent or degree:
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repetition (related)
To petition again.
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lapsing
a failure to maintain a higher state
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relapsing
(Archaic) relapse
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reverting
a failure to maintain a higher state
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get worse
deteriorate in health
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get-well (antonym)
(Idiomatic, business) To recover from financial straits.
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exacerbation (related)
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neutropenia (related)
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heart-failure (related)
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hypoglycaemia (related)
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myocardial-infarction (related)
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emesis (related)
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pancreatitis (related)
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illness (related)
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restenosis (related)
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hypoglycemia (related)
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suffer a relapse
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give in to again
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  • When the news of this relapse reached Paul, matters had evidently not yet gone too far.

  • These patients often relapse when treatment is stopped.

  • She is ordered to stay at home for three months, lest she suffer a relapse.

  • The alternative to it is the relapse into barbarism.

  • Stress - Does it cause MS or trigger a relapse?

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