relapse as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
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relapse
noun
1 relapse
A failure to maintain a higher state.
synonyms: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapsing, reversion, reverting.
Roget 661:
relapse,
lapse;
falling back
etc.
v.;
retrogradation
etc.
(retrogression)
283†;
deterioration
etc.
659.
[Return to, or recurrence of a bad state]
backsliding,
recidivation†;
recidivism,
recidivity†;
recrudescence.
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Roget 283:
regress,
regression;
retrocession†,
retrogression,
retrograduation†,
retroaction;
reculade†;
retreat,
withdrawal,
retirement,
remigration†;
recession
etc.
(motion from)
287;
recess;
crab-like motion.
refluence†,
reflux;
backwater,
regurgitation,
ebb,
return;
resilience reflection,
reflexion [Brit.]
(recoil)
277;
flip-flop,
volte-face [Fr.].
counter motion,
retrograde motion,
backward movement,
motion in reverse,
counter movement,
counter march;
veering,
tergiversation,
recidivation†,
backsliding,
fall;
deterioration
etc.
659;
recidivism,
recidivity†.
reversal,
relapse,
turning point
etc.
(reversion)
145.
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Roget 145:
reversion,
return;
revulsion.
turning point,
turn of the tide;
status quo ante bellum;
calm before a storm.
alternation
etc.
(periodicity)
138;
inversion
etc.
219;
recoil
etc.
277;
retreat,
regression,
retrogression
etc.
283;
restoration
etc.
660;
relapse,
recidivism
etc.
661;
atavism;
vicinism†;
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Dutch: hapering
verb
1 relapse
Deteriorate in health:
— He relapsed.
synonym: get worse.
2 relapse
Go back to bad behavior.
synonyms: fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress.
Roget 661:
relapse,
lapse;
fall back,
slide back,
sink back;
return;
retrograde
etc.
283;
recidivate;
fall off again
etc.
659.
Roget 145:
revert,
turn back,
regress;
relapse
etc.
661;
recoil
etc.
277;
retreat
etc.
283;
restore
etc.
660;
undo,
unmake;
turn the tide,
roll back the tide,
turn the scale,
tip the scale.
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Dutch: geraken, raken, terugvallen, vervallen
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