What is another word for relapse?

Common synonyms for relapse include backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapsing, reversion, reverting.

What is the plural of relapse?

The plural of relapse is relapses.

The past tense of relapse is relapsed.

Words that rhyme with relapse include perhaps, maps, collapse, caps, gaps, traps.

/ɹɪˈlæps/noun, verb2 syllables

Relapse means: a failure to maintain a higher state.

noun, as in a failure to maintain a higher state

verb, as in go back to bad behavior

lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back

verb, as in deteriorate in health

get worse

noun

a failure to maintain a higher state

verb

go back to bad behavior“Those who recidivate are often minor criminals”

deteriorate in health“he relapsed”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Many survivors report joint pain and vision problems, and experts also are worried about the risk of relapse.Cangarejo
I try to be calmer these days. That outburst was a relapse into my old behavior.AlanF_US

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