to relapse
- verb
- /rɪˈlæps/
- You know, they say that the people that leave rehab that always relapse the hardest because they've gotten some knowledge they can't unknown.
And I'm calling because I just relapsed and I'm not feeling very good about it.
- And I'm calling because I just relapsed and I'm not feeling very good about it.
- And then the truth is Bobby's dad died and and he relapsed.
- What's interesting is that that you didn't relapse.
- And you relapsed when this happened, correct?
- I I was sober for like a month and then I relapsed on heroin.
- And then it's just like she relapses and it's like, you know, it just starts all over again.
- And actually there was a sense of like, why the fuck did I relapse?
- And nine months later, the treadmill group was much less likely to have relapsed.
- So you went and you relapsed after you went to the rehab place for the first time.
- You think that hearing your daughter had relapsed after the hopes of taking her home would be hard.
- It's very easy to relapse in the early weeks and months after you leave a narcissist.
- But when you relapsed, how was that feeling for you after being on such a positive journey?
- You can never definitively say that somebody is reinfected because they may relapse with a strain you didn't pick up at the beginning.
- But I relapse so many times because I was so uncomfortable with things going well.
- And the sophomore year I relapsed really hard really quickly once again.
- I feel like I felt my kids, my wife again, but I relapsed the other day.
Examples
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The median time to relapse was nine months, and median survival was 14.4 months.
Blog text (7) -
I'd rather addicts have a stable home and easy, quick access to treatment when they relapse.
Blog text (18) -
Well, if you think that he might relapse, maybe you should take him to a meeting with you.
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But I relapse so many times because I was so uncomfortable with things going well.
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It's very easy to relapse in the early weeks and months after you leave a narcissist.
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At times, students fail to apply recently acquired social skills and relapse into behaviors that are problematic for themselves and others.
Academic text (2003) -
At times, clients will relapse and may need to obtain support and services anew as challenges arise.
Academic text (2007) -
And I'm calling because I just relapsed and I'm not feeling very good about it.
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We're supposed to be there for our own, even when the addict relapses.
Blog text (11) -
After years of sobriety, John was worried he might relapse during the holidays.
Synonyms
To become more serious, often about health or a situation
To return to an earlier, less developed or worse state
To begin an old bad habit again after trying to change
To return to a previous bad habit
To start doing old bad habits again after making progress
To go back to an earlier, worse state
To commit the same crime again after being punished
Start again after a quiet time, usually something bad
To get infected again after recovering from an illness
Antonyms
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Relapse comes from the parts re- 'again' and lapse 'to slip', the same root as the common word lapse. So, to relapse (verb) is to 'slip back' into an illness or a bad habit after you had started to get better.