Relapse

Definitions: Relapse

Relapse

Noun

1. A failure to maintain a higher state.

Verb

1. Deteriorate in health; "he relapsed".

2. Go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals".

Date "relapse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Health	The return of signs and symptoms of cancer after a period of improvement. (references)
Medicine	Most patients who go through a detoxification unit promptly relapse, of course, but at least they experience a few drug-free weeks or months. . Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Relapse

Synonyms: backsliding (n), lapsing (n), recidivism (n), relapsing (n), reversion (n), reverting (n), fall back (v), get worse (v), lapse (v), recidivate (v), regress (v), retrogress (v). (additional references)

Antonym: get well (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Regression	Reversal, relapse, turning point;(reversion).
Relapse	Verb: relapse, lapse; fall back, slide back, sink back; return; retrograde; recidivate; fall off again.
	Noun: relapse, lapse; falling back; Verb: retrogradation; (retrogression); deterioration.
Reversion	Verb: revert, turn back, regress; relapse; recoil; retreat; restore; undo, unmake; turn the tide, roll back the tide, turn the scale, tip the scale.
	Turning point, turn of the tide; status quo ante bellum; calm before a storm. alternation; (periodicity); inversion; recoil; retreat, regression, retrogression; restoration; relapse, recidivism; atavism; vicinism;
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Relapse

English words defined with "relapse": Backset ♦ Hypostrophe ♦ Irrelapsable ♦ Recadency, Recidivous, Relapsed. (references)

Specialty definitions using "relapse": Enthusiasm ♦ Foppington ♦ Lord Foppington. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Cocaine Addiction: Treatment, Recovery, and Relapse Prevention (reference) Passages Through Recovery: An Action Plan for Preventing Relapse (reference) Relapse Prevention Counseling Workbook: Managing High-Risk Situations (reference) Relapse Prevention Therapy Workbook: Managing Core Personality and Lifestyle Issues (reference) Stay Sober and Straight : How to Prevent Addiction Relapse with the Rational Self-Help Treatment Method (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The returned prodigal shows signs of relapse : Old Observer (who has several other aliases)--"what is the fatted calf to a party that has eaten husks for twenty years. Give him the whole herd".Credit: Library of Congress.		Suffered a relapse.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Perform overview of margins and risk of relapse. (references)
		In some cases, remissions and relapse may occur. (references)
		Some patients recover completely, then experience a relapse. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	ENTHUSIASM, n. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. Byron, who recovered long enough to call it "entuzy-muzy," had a relapse, which carried him off -- to Missolonghi.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Michael Nader	Well, every once in awhile something happens to the nature of a person that is, let's say in a relapse. And that is outside truly of our control that's called the moment of clarity.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Relapse" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 81.17% of the time. "Relapse" is used about 239 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	81.17%	194	22,014
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	14.64%	35	58,339
Lexical Verb (base form)	4.18%	10	111,207
Total	100.00%	239	N/A

Expressions using "relapse": have a relapse ♦ relapse into a deep slumber ♦ relapse into crime ♦ relapse into unconsciousness. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "relapse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		rikthim (reappearance, recurrence, replacement, retrieval, reversion, throwback), recidiv, përsëritje (encore, iterance, iteration, recapitulation, recurrence, reduplication, rehearsal, reiteration, renewal, repeat, repetition, replication). (various references)

Arabic		‏نكسة (setback), ‏غرق (deluge, dip, drown, drowning, eject, founder, go under, grub, shipwright, sink, sinking, submergence, swamp, wreck), ‏عاوده المرض, ‏عاد الى غيه, ‏إنتكس (recrudesce), ‏إنتكاس (recrudescence, retrogression), ‏إرتداد (apostasy, bounce, defection, kick, rebound, recall, recantation, recess, recoil, reflection, reflexion, regress, renunciation, repercussion, retroversion, reverberation, withdrawal). (various references)

Bulgarian		повторно връщане, повтаряне на криза, повтаряне на болест, повтаря ме. (various references)

Chinese		复发 (recur, Recurred, Recurring, Relapsed, relapsing). (various references)

Czech		recidivovat, recidiva (recurrence, reverse), znovu upadnout. (various references)

Danish		choc en retour (choc en retour). (various references)

Dutch		recidief (recidivist), terugslag (arc back, arc-back, atavism, backfire, back-fire, bounce, choc en retour, flashback, flyback, kickback, rebound, rebound effect, retrace, throw back), choc en retour (choc en retour). (various references)

Farsi		مرتد (Apostate, Heretic, Heterodox, Pervert, Renegade), عودکردن (Recoil, Recrudesce, Recur), عودت , عود (Lute, Recurrence, Regression, Reversion), بحال نخستین برگشتن (Recoil), برگشت (Back, Backstroke, Lapse, Refluence, Regress, Regression, Repercussion, Retrogress, Return, Reversal, Revert, Veer). (various references)

Finnish		tauti uusiutui (disease recurred, the patient had a relapse). (various references)

French		retomber (release), rechuter, rechute (relapses). (various references)

German		zurückfallen (drop back, drop behind, fall back, fall behind, move down, reflect, return, revert, to fall back, to relapse), rückfall (recidivism, reversion, subsequent offense). (various references)

Greek		υποτροπιάζω (recrudesce, regress). (various references)

Hebrew		לחזור לסורו (backslide, lapse, revert to wicked ways). (various references)

Hungarian		rosszabbodás (deterioration), visszaesés (backsliding, drop, fallback, letdown, palindromia, recidivation, recidivism, recurrence, retrogression, set back, throw back). (various references)

Indonesian		bentan. (various references)

Italian		ricadere (fall, fall again, fall back, fall down, flow, hang). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		逆戻り (retrogression, reversal), 再発 (reoccurrence, return). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぎゃくもどり (retrogression, reversal), さいはつ (reoccurrence, return). (various references)

Korean		타락 (Corruption, Degrading). (various references)

Manx		aaskyrraghtyn, aahuittym (recidivism), aaghoghan. (various references)

Maya		leek (to relapse). (various references)

Pig Latin		elapseray

Portuguese		relapsia, reincidir (backslide), reincidência, recidivar, recidiva, recair (backslide, devolve, lapse, redound, reflect), recaída (falling, regression, return), ter uma recaída, choque de retorno (choc en retour). (various references)

Romanian		reveni (call again, come, come again, devolve to smb., devolve upon smb., get back, go back, reappear, recede, recur, repass, retract, return, revert), recidiva, recãdea, acces (access, accession, adit, admission, admittance, approach, convulsion, door, gust, outbreak, outburst, reach, seizure, spasm). (various references)

Russian		рецидив (recidivism, recrudescence, recurrence), возврат болезни, повторение (iterance, iteration, recurrence, reduplication, rehash, rehearsal, reiteration, repeat, repetition, switchback). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vratiti se (come back, drive back, get back, go back, move back, recur, return, revert), povraćaj (restitution, resumption, retrieval, returns, reversion), ponovo pasti. (various references)

Spanish		recaída (lapse, setback). (various references)

Swedish		recidiv, återfalla (backslide, recoil, redound), återfall. (various references)

Thai		การที่โรคกำเริบอีก, การกลับสู่ส� าพเ�"ิม (renewability, renewal), กลับสู่ส� าพเ�"ิม, ทรุ�". (various references)

Turkish		yeniden suç işlemek, tekrarlamak (duplicate, go over, ingeminate, iterate, play back, rebroadcast, recap, recapitulate, recrudesce, recur, re-enact, rehearse, reiterate, renew, repeat, replicate, retell, return, revise, say, say over), tekrar kötüleşmek, nüksetmek (recrudesce, return), depreşmek. (various references)

Ukranian		рецидив (recidivism, recrudescence, recurrence), знову захворіти, знову повертатися о якогось стану, повторення (iterance, iteration, reduplication, rehearsal, reiteration, repeat, repetition). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự trở lại (return, stay). (various references)

Welsh		atgwympo, atgwymp, atglafychu. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Mark Chapter 4, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai ouk ecousin rizan en eautoiV alla proskairoi eisin eita genomenhV qliyewV h diwgmou dia ton logon euqewV skandalizontai
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et non habent radicem in se sed temporales sunt deinde orta tribulatione et persecutione propter verbum confestim scandalizantur
Old English	990	West Saxon	& hyo næbbeð wertrumen on heom.ac beoð un-staðelfæste. & sedðan up kymddeofles costnunge & his ehtnyss for þamworde.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And thei han not roote in hem silf, but thei ben lastynge a litil tyme; aftirward whanne tribulacioun risith, and persecucioun for the word, anoon thei ben sclaundrid.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Yet have no rotes in them selves and so endure but a tyme: and anone as trouble and persecucion aryseth for ye wordes sake they fall immediatly.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they relapse.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Mark Chapter 4, Verse 17
Cebuano	Ug sila walay gamut diha sa ilang kaugalingon, hinoon magapabilin silag makadiyot; unya, inig-abut sa kasakitan o pagpanglutos tungod sa pulong, sila mobiya dayon gikan sa pagtoo.
Croatian	ali nemaju u sebi korijena, nego su nestalni: kad nastane nevolja ili progonstvo zbog Rijeèi, odmah se sablazne.
Danish	og de have ikke Rod i sig, men holde kun ud til en Tid; derefter, når der kommer Trængsel eller forfølgelse for Ordets Skyld, forarges de straks.
Dutch	En hebben geen wortel in zichzelven, maar zijn voor een tijd; daarna, als verdrukking of vervolging komt om des Woords wil, zo worden zij terstond geergerd.
Finnish	mutta heillä ei ole juurta itsessään, vaan he kestävät ainoastaan jonkun aikaa; kun sitten tulee ahdistus tai vaino sanan tähden, niin he kohta lankeavat pois.
French	mais ils n`ont pas de racine en eux-mêmes, ils manquent de persistance, et, dès que survient une tribulation ou une persécution � cause de la parole, ils y trouvent une occasion de chute.
Gaelic	`S chan eil friamh aca unnta fhein, agus cha mhair iad fada; nuair a dh` eireas trioblaid agus geur leanmhuinn air son an fhacail, tha iad a tuiteam air falbh.
German	und haben keine Wurzel in sich, sondern sind wetterwendisch; wenn sich Trübsal oder Verfolgung um des Wortes willen erhebt, so ärgern sie sich alsbald.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Tetapi kabar itu tidak berakar dalam hati mereka, sehingga tidak tahan lama. Begitu mereka menderita kesusahan atau penganiayaan karena kabar itu, langsung mereka murtad.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tetapi tiadalah ia berakar di dalam dirinya, hanyalah bertahan seketika sahaja, lalu apabila datang kesusahan atau aniaya oleh sebab Perkataan itu, sebentar itu juga kecillah hati mereka itu.
Italian	ma non hanno radice in se stessi, sono incostanti e quindi, al sopraggiungere di qualche tribolazione o persecuzione a causa della parola, subito si abbattono.
Maori	Na kahore o ratou pakiaka, ka whakapakari kau noa: heoi, i te panga o te whakapawera, o te whakatoi ranei mo te kupu, he tonu iho.
Norwegian	og de har ikke rot i sig, men holder bare ut til en tid; blir det så trengsel eller forfølgelse for ordets skyld, da tar de straks anstøt.
Portuguese	mas não têm raiz em si mesmos, antes são de pouca duração; depois, sobrevindo tribulação ou perseguição por causa da palavra, logo se escandalizam.
Rumanian	dar n`au rqdqcinq kn ei, ci yin pknq la o vreme; wi cum vine un necaz sau o prigonire din pricina Cuvkntului, se leapqdq kndatq de el.
Russian	ОП ОЕ ЙНЕАФ Ч УЕ�'Е ЛПТОС Й ОЕ� ПУФПСООЩ; � ПФПН, ЛПЗ�"Б ОБУФБОЕФ УЛПТ�'Ш ЙМЙ ЗПОЕОЙЕ ЪБ УМПЧП, ФПФЮБУ УП�'МБЪОСАФУС.
Shuar	Tura ni kankape atsakui, aya ishichik katsuiniawai. Tura ukunam, Yus-Chichaman wakeruiniakui shuar kajeram tura Chíkich itiurchatan Wáinkiar Yúsaiya kanainiawai.
Swahili	Lakini haliwaingii na kuwa na mizizi ndani yao; huendelea kulizingatia kwa kitambo tu, na wakati taabu au udhalimu vinapotokea kwa sababu ya hilo neno mara wanakata tamaa.
Swedish	men icke hava någon rot i sig, utan bliva beståndande allenast till en tid; när sedan bedrövelse eller förföljelse påkommer för ordets skull, då komma de strax på fall.
Uma	Aga uma morali' mpu'u Lolita Alata'ala hi rala nono-ra, toe pai' uma-ra ntaha mahae. Ane rabalinai' -ra ba rapakasusa' sabana pepangala' -ra hi Lolita Alata'ala, kamo'ungkere' -rami.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "relapse": relapsed, relapser, relapsers, relapses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Relapse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: relaps, relese, renapes. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "relapse" (pronounced rēla"ps)
4	-l a" p s	claps, collapse, elapse, flaps, laps, lapse, slaps.
3	-a" p s	caps, chaps, craps, gaps, maps, naps, perhaps, raps, saps, schnapps, scraps, snaps, straps, taps, traps, wraps, yaps, zaps.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: leapers, pleaser, presale, repeals.
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-p-r-s"
	-1 letter: asleep, elapse, lapser, larees, leaper, leaser, lepers, parles, pearls, please, reales, repeal, repels, resale, reseal, sealer, serape.
	-2 letters: apers, apres, arles, asper, earls, easel, erase, lapse, laree, lares, laser, leaps, lears, lease, leers, leper, paler, pales, pares, parle, parse, peals, pearl, pears, pease, peels, peers, peles, perea, perse, pleas, prase, prees, presa.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-p-r-s"
	+1 letter: empalers, espalier, parolees, pearlers, percales, petrales, pleaders, pleasers, pleasure, pleaters, prelates, relapsed, relapser, relapses, repanels, replaces, replates, repleads, resample, vesperal.
	+2 letters: appealers, espaliers, exemplars, lamperses, overleaps, palestrae, palterers, paperless, parleyers, parsleyed, pearliest, pearlites, pedalfers, pedaliers, pedlaries, plastered, plasterer, pleasured, pleasures, praelects, preambles, precleans, preclears, prelacies, preplaces, reapplies, reclasped, relapsers, repealers, replacers, replaster, replicase, resampled, resamples, saltpeter, separable, shapelier, sleepwear, spareable, specialer, superable, supermale, superreal, supersale, vesperals.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 6C 61 70 73 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01101100 01100001 01110000 01110011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#108 &#97 &#112 &#115 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 006C 0061 0070 0073 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
relapse record	140	leukemia relapse	4
relapse	102	collapse relapse	4
relapse prevention	77	relapse addiction	4
abuse relapse substance	59	alcoholic relapse	4
substance abuse relapse prevention	43	drug prevention relapse	3
alcohol drug prevention relapse	36	relapse recovery	3
plan prevention relapse	26	depression relapse	3
alcohol prevention relapse	23	ave marlatt rating relapse scale	3
approach behavioral chemical cognitive dependency prevention relapse	21	bi polar relapse	3
addiction prevention relapse	17	mononucleosis relapse	3
alcohol definition relapse	11	gorski prevention relapse	3
prevention relapse smoking	9	efficacy prevention relapse self	3
relapse sign warning	8	chronic relapse	2
relapse trigger	7	aml relapse	2
board bulletin record relapse	6	records.com relapse	2
alcohol relapse	6	game relapse	2
drug relapse	5	prevention program relapse	2
mono relapse	5	hodgkins lymphoma non relapse	2
relapse counseling	4	relapse sign	2
alcoholism relapse	4	part recovery relapse study	2
		behavior chemical dependency emotive prevention rational relapse therapy	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Relapse

Definitions: Relapse

Relapse

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definitions: Relapse

Health

Medicine

Synonyms: Relapse

Synonyms within Context: Relapse

Regression

Relapse

Reversion

Crosswords: Relapse

Commercial Usage: Relapse

Books

Photo Album: Relapse

Non-Fiction Usage: Relapse

Health

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Relapse

Michael Nader

Usage Frequency: Relapse

Expressions: Relapse

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Relapse

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abuse relapse substance

alcoholic relapse

substance abuse relapse prevention

drug prevention relapse

alcohol drug prevention relapse

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depression relapse

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ave marlatt rating relapse scale

approach behavioral chemical cognitive dependency prevention relapse

bi polar relapse

addiction prevention relapse

mononucleosis relapse

alcohol definition relapse

gorski prevention relapse

prevention relapse smoking

efficacy prevention relapse self

relapse sign warning

chronic relapse

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aml relapse

board bulletin record relapse

records.com relapse

alcohol relapse

game relapse

drug relapse

prevention program relapse

mono relapse

hodgkins lymphoma non relapse

relapse counseling

relapse sign

alcoholism relapse

part recovery relapse study

behavior chemical dependency emotive prevention rational relapse therapy

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