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Synonyms of relapse in English:

relapse


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verb

1‘although most children remain well after this procedure, a few relapse’

SYNONYMS
get ill again, get worse again, have a relapse, suffer a relapse, worsen, deteriorate, degenerate, take a turn for the worse, sicken, weaken, fail, sink
ANTONYMS

recover, improve

2‘the old woman relapsed into silence’

SYNONYMS
revert, lapse
regress, retrogress, backslide, fall back, go backwards, slip back, slide back, drift back, degenerate
rare recidivate, retrograde

noun

1‘one of the patients later suffered a relapse’

SYNONYMS
deterioration, worsening of someone's condition, turn for the worse, setback, weakening
recurrence, repetition
ANTONYMS

recovery, improvement

2‘he foresaw a relapse into an excessively objective kind of theology’

SYNONYMS
decline, lapse, deterioration, worsening, degeneration, backsliding, recidivism, reversion, regression, retrogression, downturn, fall, falling, falling away, slipping, drop, descent, sinking, slide