- backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting - a failure to maintain a higher state
--1 is a kind of failure
--1 has particulars: recidivismDerived form: verb relapse2
- get worse, relapse - deteriorate in health; "he relapsed"
--1 is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun relapse1
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- relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
--2 is one way to revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun relapse1, noun relapsing1
Somebody ----s