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relapse

(r/i/'l/&/ps )

noun (n)

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

Synonym:
backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapsing, reversion, reverting

source: wordnet30
A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back.(noun)

source: webster1913

verb (v)

deteriorate in health(verb.change)

Example:
He relapsed.

Synonym:
get worse
Antonym:
bounce back, get over, get well

source: wordnet30
go back to bad behavior(verb.body)

Synonym:
fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress

source: wordnet30
To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back.(verb)

source: webster1913

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