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View definitions for relapse

relapse

noun as in deterioration, weakening

verb as in deteriorate, weaken

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Will she have a terrible relapse and turn to her pal/sometime fling Vause for help?

In 59 percent of those cases, the relapse occurred within the first week.

According to a 2010 study, over 90 percent of those with opioid addiction relapse in the first year.

In the absence of chemotherapy, there was an 80 percent chance of relapse.

However, as the recent and unpredicted actions in Crimea remind us, there is always a chance of relapse.

It reappears during a relapse, and thus helps to distinguish between a relapse and a complication, in which it does not reappear.

Patients might very well recover their mental sensibility after even a severe attack, and never have a relapse.

When I left her she had altogether recovered from the relapse.

No time, however, was given in which I could relapse into self-consciousness.

They drain off the liquor, and presently relapse into quiet.

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On this page you'll find 80 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to relapse, such as: recidivism, recurrence, regression, worsening, backsliding, and fall.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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