relapse

English Thesaurus

1. a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

hypernym	:	failure,
definition	:	an act that fails (noun.act)

hyponym	:	recidivism,
definition	:	habitual relapse into crime (noun.act)

2. go back to bad behavior (verb.body)

hypernym	:	regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back,
definition	:	go back to a previous state (verb.change)

3. deteriorate in health (verb.change)

hypernym	:	change state, turn,
definition	:	undergo a transformation or a change of position or action (verb.change)

4. a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

derivation	:	fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress,
definition	:	go back to bad behavior (verb.body)

derivation	:	backslide, lapse,
definition	:	drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards (verb.change)

derivation	:	get worse, relapse,
definition	:	deteriorate in health (verb.change)

derivation	:	regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back,
definition	:	go back to a previous state (verb.change)

5. go back to bad behavior (verb.body)

derivation	:	backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting,
definition	:	a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

derivation	:	recidivism,
definition	:	habitual relapse into crime (noun.act)

6. deteriorate in health (verb.change)

antonym	:	bounce back, get over, get well,
definition	:	improve in health (verb.change)

derivation	:	backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting,
definition	:	a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

7. a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

derivation	:	fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, relapse, retrogress,
definition	:	go back to bad behavior (verb.body)

derivation	:	backslide, lapse,
definition	:	drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards (verb.change)

derivation	:	get worse, relapse,
definition	:	deteriorate in health (verb.change)

derivation	:	regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back,
definition	:	go back to a previous state (verb.change)

8. go back to bad behavior (verb.body)

derivation	:	backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting,
definition	:	a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

derivation	:	recidivism,
definition	:	habitual relapse into crime (noun.act)

9. deteriorate in health (verb.change)

antonym	:	bounce back, get over, get well,
definition	:	improve in health (verb.change)

derivation	:	backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting,
definition	:	a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)