to relapse
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6.1
- verb
- /rɪˈlæps/
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- 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
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2.5
To become more serious, often about health or a situation
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7.5
To return to an earlier, less developed or worse state
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4.2
To begin an old bad habit again after trying to change
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5.2
To return to a previous bad habit
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7.5
To start doing old bad habits again after making progress
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8.7
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.