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. 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.

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. Scott Strode:

   For somebody in recovery, social isolation is a really slippery slope, it can often lead to the relapse.

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.