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Noun
▲
A deterioration in someone's state of health after a temporary improvement
setback
deterioration
recurrence
weakening
worsening
repetition
turn for the worse
worsening of someone's condition
“Many of these patients also experienced a relapse of their psychotic illness after the pregnancy.”
Noun
▲
The act of relapsing
lapse
regression
backsliding
decline
deterioration
recidivism
retrogression
reversion
worsening
degeneration
fall
downturn
falling
descent
drop
sinking
slide
slipping
falling away
loss
return
waning
fall from grace
recession
retrogradation
decadence
devolution
throwback
declension
reverting
depression
step down
failure
cut
declivity
ruin
slackening
hang
cutback
demise
down
contraction
curtailment
downhill
hanging
breakdown
defeat
flameout
overthrow
sag
ruination
bankruptcy
diminishing
downslide
deflation
discount
downtick
subsidence
deficiency
destruction
let-up
end
washout
slope
miscarriage
impoverishment
bust
deduction
rupture
stoppage
nonsuccess
stagnation
fall-off
slowdown
easing
trough
wreck
attenuation
downgrading
slant
markdown
checkmate
de-escalation
undoing
death
foundering
reversal
dying down
inclination
termination
subsiding
folding
stalemate
inadequacy
lemon
deficit
nonperformance
rout
mess
loser
botch
bungle
misstep
frustration
turkey
abortion
bomb
misadventure
fiasco
implosion
erosion
declining
moderation
retrenchment
total loss
false step
lead balloon
flash in the pan
sinking ship
faux pas
anticlimax
easing off
sinkage
minimization
abasement
minimizingUS
demotion
petering out
subtraction
slash
dropping off
downer
cessation
minimisingUK
letdown
skid
relaxation
annihilation
alleviation
lightening
settling
bottom-out
slack
exhaustion
shrinking
fading
basin
cant
sink
concavity
devaluing
mitigation
loss of status
hollow
bad times
bathos
disappointment
droop
cutting
sinkhole
tailing off
disillusionment
let-down
decadency
pitch
discomfiture
liquidation
dying away
trimming
hill
disrepair
disgrace
dying out
damage
dilution
inactivity
blow
attrition
drain
nose dive
rollback
saving
vanquishing
comeuppance
insolvency
plummeting
malfunction
devastation
doom
precipitation
landslide
shakeout
extinction
halt
disruption
interruption
unsuccess
extermination
downward spiral
break-up
labefaction
disorganizationUS
seizure
stagflation
disorganisationUK
nonachievement
shutdown
fizzle
Waterloo
topple
unsuccessfulness
rainy days
economic decline
credit squeeze
hard times
credit crunch
lack of success
non-function
breaking down
write-down
slackness
receding
depravation
setback
downsize
dropoff
list
tilt
distortion
Götterdämmerung
deprivation
brae
downshift
reversing
divergence
deviation
rotation
inversion
obliquity
privation
disappearance
slowing down
spill
economy
forfeiture
squandering
vitiation
dégringolade
detraction
jump
confusion
turmoil
chaos
skydive
letup
neglect
negligence
misprision
delinquency
oversight
default
sharp fall
rundown
shortfall
adulteration
dislocation
spoiling
perversion
rotting
degringolade
undermining
destabilisationUK
destabilizationUS
standstill
arrest
flagging
downhill trend
breakup
omission
slowing
compression
striction
decrescence
constriction
condensation
dropping
collapsing
descending
sagging
taking away
paralysis
waste
fading away
expenditure
consumption
nonfeasance
phasedown
belt-tightening
fade
loss of success
closure
letting up
Black Monday
rainy day
disgregation
bound entropy
anergy
using up
use
expending
retardation
want
pruning
slimming
desisting
relenting
dropping away
modulation
sweep
backflow
withdrawal
refluence
reflux
retroflux
meltdown
incline
pit
emptying
milking
sapping
draining
cooling off
salami slicing
axing
chopping
limiting
pathos
cadence
downcome
gradient
steep fall
palliation
damping
allaying
deadening
appeasement
modification
cushioning
assuagement
humiliation
mortification
humbling
belittlement
tapering off
bleeding
dimple
slippage
subdual
subjugation
pullback
slimming down
blight
dumps
nose-dive
rut
funk
low
bottom
devitalization
obliteration
entropy
low tide
low water
outward flow
cropper
pratfall
bottom out
closing
placation
softening
tempering
calming
quelling
soothing
stilling
pacification
dulling
relief
hole
indentation
downslope
swoop
demolition
decimation
demolishment
free fall
scaling down
cheapening
decrepitude
desolation
dilapidation
running down
plunging
settlement
header
tailspin
prolapse
grade
cave-in
coast
enervation
immiseration
wastage
blue devils
bad period
blue funk
the skids
decrease in value
lowering in value
extenuation
remission
mollification
havoc
crumbling
subversion
coming down
reduction in value
unseating
accounting allowance
rise and fall
inflation
unemployment
shutting down
close-down
going under
winding up
loss of face
reality check
loss of value
ousting
conquest
toppling
deposition
elimination
nemesis
falling to pieces
bane
debacle
big trouble
expiration
dying
passing
non-event
loss of power
expiry
rack and ruin
road to ruin
loss of prosperity
curtains
damp squib
quietus
decease
not what it was cracked up to be
ineffective conclusion
impecuniousness
pennilessness
penury
beggary
indebtedness
pauperdom
administration
receivership
croaking
passing on
snuffing
passing away
passage
grave
fate
exit
great divide
financial ruin
more ❯
“A relapse into the nationalism of the nineteenth century.”
Noun
▲
A sudden short bout of an illness or stress
attack
bout
fit
outburst
spell
case
dose
occurrence
encounter
run
stint
eruption
outbreak
streak
access
frenzy
series
spasm
fury
siege
stroke
suffering
burst
convulsion
explosion
stretch
battle
period
rush
throe
conniption
patch
torrent
turn
flare
seizure
spurt
blowup
flurry
paroxysm
spree
ailment
round
spate
blow-up
flare-up
welling up
muscular contractions
epidemic
deluge
plague
flow
sally
stream
succession
rise
breakout
recrudescence
jet
overflow
emission
sudden appearance
string
thunder
inflammation
cascade
inundation
commotion
increase
start
avalanche
outcry
vomiting
expulsion
squirt
bomb
reaction
pandemic
ejection
venting
spout
crash
crack
breaking
effervescence
sundering
rending
brawl
irruption
disorder
disruption
tumult
sortie
volley
gushing
spray
splash
touch
fountain
stab
spill
show
craze
growth
spritz
swell
upturn
upswing
cluster
cataract
alluvion
bath
cataclysm
chain
Niagara
scourge
contagion
mushrooming
spread
brief display
sudden show
sudden display
sudden exhibition
brief exhibition
issue
pest
endemic
pestilence
train
outrush
flux
effluence
leakage
welter
flood tide
what's going around
efflux
outflux
drain
escape
emanation
outpour
exodus
welling
drainage
effluent
debouchment
expression
hemorrhageUS
haemorrhageUK
glare
sparkle
beam
ray
spark
gleam
twinkle
shaft
shimmer
pulse
dazzle
glimmer
glint
glitter
glow
incandescence
phosphorescence
scintillation
illumination
lusterUS
glisten
bar
impulse
coruscation
shine
bedazzlement
reflection
vision
flame
finger
lustreUK
quiver
radiation
more ❯
Noun
▲
An act of repeating, or going back to, an earlier state or situation
return
recurrence
reappearance
reoccurrence
repeat
reemergence
reestablishment
reiteration
repetition
restoring
resumption
recoil
recommencement
recrudescence
replay
replication
reprise
rerun
reversion
revisitation
reshowing
duplication
re-emergence
re-establishment
coming back
flare-up
habituation
regularity
repetitiveness
frequency
deterioration
intermittence
fresh outbreak
repeated happening
revival
comeback
Noun
▲
A disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind
illness
disease
sickness
ailment
disorder
infirmity
malady
complaint
condition
affliction
bug
indisposition
infection
affection
complication
trouble
weakness
ail
distemper
debility
distemperature
ill
malaise
virus
disability
fever
attack
contagion
lurgy
syndrome
unhealthiness
seizure
flu
fit
breakdown
unsoundness
diseasedness
unhealth
collapse
ailing
disturbance
valetudinarianism
poor health
ill health
failing health
what's going around
worry
agitation
perturbation
nervousness
inquietude
trepidation
disquietude
apprehension
fear
dread
anxiousness
fretfulness
confusion
foreboding
thinness
concern
vexation
irritation
misgiving
alarm
embarrassment
consternation
sorrow
apprehensiveness
unrest
concernment
sweat
agita
care
solicitude
nervosity
annoyance
chagrin
displeasure
lightness
smallness
littleness
fineness
diminutiveness
etiolation
meagerness
effeteness
lack of strength
doubt
discomfiture
distraction
qualms
suspicion
panic
fright
disorientation
dubiety
jitteriness
abashment
discombobulation
fluster
flusteredness
storm
remorse
uncertainty
dyspathy
qualm
dysphoria
scruple
penitence
disbelief
constraint
compunction
dismay
disconcertion
disconcertment
discomposure
turmoil
tumult
uproar
upheaval
torment
senility
dotage
ferment
chaos
loss of face
turbulence
bother
disruption
agedness
wasting
incapacitation
elderliness
rebellion
anarchy
insurrection
tenderness
blues
agony
uprising
restiveness
rioting
superannuation
senescence
eld
conflict
discord
soreness
hurt
dither
strife
sedition
protest
unquietness
old age
age
decline
shabbiness
suffering
twinge
fighting
ructions
quarrel
tizzy
discontentment
fermentation
disaffection
stiffness
smarting
pang
throbbing
grief
tension
change
dissension
mid-life crisis
dissent
altercation
bickering
controversy
throb
cramp
gyp
debate
perplexity
mortification
contention
moodiness
crisis
Sturm und Drang
aches and pains
more ❯
Noun
▲
A discouragement
backset
reverse
disappointment
reversal
lapse
discouragement
downfall
meltdown
knock
problem
blow
mishap
issue
misfortune
check
complication
upset
hitch
hold-up
whammy
hindrance
impediment
hiccup
difficulty
delay
rebuff
obstruction
defeat
glitch
comedown
more ❯
Verb
▲
To fall back into bad habits or illness
lapse
revert
backslide
degenerate
regress
retrogress
fail
recidivate
weaken
retrograde
slip back
fade
fall
fall back
go backwards
slide back
suffer
drift back
be overcome
be overtaken
turn back
go back to
deteriorate
worsen
decline
return
slip
go downhill
sink
get worse
diminish
wither
degrade
languish
dwindle
wilt
flag
depreciate
droop
fall apart
become worse
break down
waste away
stagnate
die
go
be in decline
break up
fall to pieces
waste
spoil
debilitate
impair
lower
dissolve
moulderUK
go bad
wear away
molderUS
go to seed
perish
debase
sag
lag
pass
emaciate
putrefy
nosedive
dilapidate
become debilitated
stop
end
terminate
cease
disappear
vanish
slacken
skid
discontinue
elapse
lose quality
expire
close
halt
quit
finish
conclude
determine
become dilapidated
die out
grow weak
dead-end
fall into decay
tumble
break off
be the worse for wear
come to an end
leave off
wink out
let up
wind up
come apart at the seams
shrink
move backward
shrivel
run to seed
contract
pall
fall into disrepair
fade away
depress
damage
become emaciated
make something worse
take a nosedive
be handicapped
appear in a poor light
be at disadvantage
drop off
be damaged
be impaired
be shown to disadvantage
dry up
become shrunken
shrivel up
injure
adulterate
alloy
mar
break
undermine
turn your back on
give up
falter
lose
apostatize
go by
trail off
tail off
turn
pervert
demoraliseUK
warp
debauch
demoralizeUS
stain
be neglected
become enfeebled
lose it
wither away
be worse for wear
be on one's deathbed
be giving up the ghost
be slipping away
be about to die
be in extremis
become moribund
have one foot in the grave
be at death's door
be on one's last legs
be breathing one's last
be approaching death
decompose
fragment
fall down
crumb
smash
beat
rot away
tumble down
come to dust
cave in
moderate
abate
evanesce
bate
melt away
die away
run out
run low
fade out
ease off
die down
go down
grow less
go dead
pack in
peter out
sicken
go into decline
be on your last legs
fall apart at the seams
more ❯
“Careful checks are made on how people fare after the help and very few relapse into this type of problem.”
Verb
▲
To fall back again
deteriorate
sicken
worsen
degenerate
fail
sink
weaken
fade
get ill again
get worse again
have a relapse
suffer a relapse
take a turn for the worse
catch something
fall ill
become ill
be taken ill
be taken sick
wane
lessen
dwindle
abate
diminish
decrease
wilt
languish
subside
flag
decline
ebb
waste
pine
brood
go downhill
go into a decline
go to pieces
mope
moon
peak
lose strength
want
long
desire
sigh
hunger
yearn
suspire
hanker
sorrow
grieve
snivel
teeter
ail
tucker
wither away
grow weak
despond
knock out
pine away
conk out
go soft
die on vine
fag out
fade away
eat your heart out over
regress
retrogress
retrograde
atrophy
depreciate
disimprove
spoil
collapse
stagnate
fall
disintegrate
slide
rot
degrade
debilitate
slump
slip
perish
devolve
lapse
putrefy
dilapidate
impair
drop
become debilitated
go backwards
fall apart
become worse
break down
get worse
wear away
grow worse
go bad
lose quality
go to pot
be in decline
hit the skids
fall to pieces
go into decline
be on your last legs
fall apart at the seams
go down the toilet
more ❯
“However, when light therapy was discontinued, patients quickly relapsed, whereas patients on tryptophan had a slower relapse rate.”
Verb
▲
To decrease in number, amount, intensity, or quality
fall
decline
decrease
diminish
dwindle
lessen
plunge
sink
drop
plummet
slump
shrink
crash
depreciate
descend
dip
regress
subside
taper
wane
abate
ebb
flag
lower
tumble
devalue
dive
droop
ease
lapse
lose
nosedive
recede
reduce
relent
remit
skid
totter
backslide
buckle
cheapen
crater
drag
moderate
pall
slope
trail
de-escalate
drop off
fall away
fall off
flop
go down
let up
nose-dive
bow out
drain away
grow less
taper off
die away
die down
die out
phase down
ratchet down
cave in
lose value
become lower
break down
decline in price
decrease in value
fold up
go into a tailspin
go through the floor
hit the dirt
take a header
take a nosedive
tip over
be precipitated
hit the floor
appease
comfort
qualify
reassure
balm
quiet down
take the edge
lay back
put a lid on
jump
fly down
lunge
swoop
leap
more ❯
Verb
▲
Occur again periodically or repeatedly
happen again
come again
come back
persist
reappear
recur
repeat
return
reoccur
recrudesce
revert
be repeated
reiterate
happen repeatedly
iterate
repeat itself
come round
occur again
appear again
come back again
flare up
haunt your thoughts
return to mind
crop up again
come round again
haunt thoughts
come and go
run through one's mind
run through your mind
turn back
revisit
reenter
rebound
circle back
bounce back
back up
double back
go again
reel back
move back
resurface
rematerialize
rotate
recoil
react
retreat
reconsider
reexamine
repair
turn
retire
revolve
happen
occur
hark back to
retrace steps
take place
arise
flare
come up
crop up
resume
reemerge
appear
erupt
begin again
burst forth
burst out
start suddenly
break out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform
fall off the wagon
return
regress
retrogress
backslide
slide back
react
be returned to
decline
be once again in the possession of
relapse into
take up where left off
fall back into
invert
drift back into
pass
recrudesce
take another look at
revert
deteriorate
reoffend
lapse
turn back
change back
reopen
go back to
reexamine
turn
pass back
retrace your steps
retreat
about face
about turn
more ❯
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