| NOUN | act | relapse, backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapsing, reversion, reverting | a failure to maintain a higher state |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | change | relapse, get worse | deteriorate in health |
| body | relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back | go back to bad behavior |
| Sounds | riylae'ps | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | collapse ... taps: 11 rhymes with aeps... | |
| Meaning | A failure to maintain a higher state. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapsing, reversion, reverting | |
| Narrower | recidivism | habitual relapse into crime |
| Broader | failure | An act that fails |
| Spanish | bajón, caída, recaída, recidiva, reincidencia, reventón | |
| Catalan | caiguda, fallida, recaiguda, recidiva, reincidència | |
| Verbs | relapse | go back to bad behavior |
| relapse | deteriorate in health | |
| Meaning | deteriorate in health. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "he relapsed" | |
| Synonym | get worse | |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Opposite | get well, get over, bounce back | improve in health |
| Spanish | agravarse, empeorarse, empeorar, recaer | |
| Catalan | agreujar, empitjorar, engrevir, recaure, refermar | |
| Nouns | relapse | a failure to maintain a higher state |
| Meaning | Go back to bad behavior. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back | |
| Broader | revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back | Go back to a previous state |
| Spanish | reincidir | |
| Catalan | reincidir | |
| Nouns | relapse, relapsing | a failure to maintain a higher state |
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