relapse
Slip after improvement
Relapse is a return to a worse condition after improvement.
A patient relapses when illness returns after recovery seemed underway.
The word appears most often in contexts of addiction—someone who had been sober relapses by drinking or using again: She relapsed after six months clean.
The noun names the event itself: a relapse into depression.
Revert to bad habits
- setbackReverse in progress
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- declineDecrease or refuse
- reversalComplete change of direction
fallback · return · revert · slip · worsen · regress · retreat · recurrence
Powerful urge to have
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
rehabilitation · detox · temptation · binge · twelve-step · sponsor · intervention · substance abuse
Temporary disease absence
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- flare-upSudden recurrence of symptoms
- treatmentCare for an ailment
prognosis · chronic · diagnosis · therapy · oncology · cancer · autoimmune · exacerbation
backslide
Revert to bad habits
- setbackReverse in progress
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- declineDecrease or refuse
reversal · fallback · return · revert · slip · worsen · regress · retreat · recurrence · slide
craving
Powerful urge to have
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
recovery · rehabilitation · detox · temptation · binge · twelve-step · sponsor · intervention · substance abuse · alcoholism
remission
Temporary disease absence
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- flare-upSudden recurrence of symptoms
treatment · prognosis · chronic · diagnosis · therapy · oncology · cancer · autoimmune · exacerbation · hospitalization
depression
Prolonged low state
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- episodeSerialized content unit
- therapyCurative mental treatment
triggers · coping · medication · psychiatry · bipolar · psychosis · suicidal · self-harm · panic · mania
- illnessdisease, sickness, illness, ailment, disorder
- addictionaddiction, drug addiction, substance abuse, drug dependence, substance dependency
- Cancermalignant, carcinoma, metastasis, tumor growth, staging
- oncologycancer, tumor, carcinoma, metastasis, malignancy
- Alcoholismalcoholism, alcoholic, alcohol abuse, alcohol addiction, alcohol dependence
- flare-upsflare-up, exacerbation, outbreak, episode, attack
relapserecovery
Regaining what was lost
recover · heal · healing · remission · recuperation
relapserecovery
Regaining what was lost
sobriety · abstinence · clean living · staying sober · rehabilitation
relapseprogress
Movement toward improvement
advancement · forward progress · improvement · consolidation · maintenance
- relapse preventionStrategies against returning symptoms
- relapse triggersStimuli prompting behavioral regression