relapse

Nouns

(n) a failure to maintain a higher state backsliding, lapsing, relapsing, reverting, lapse, reversion,

Verbs

(v) deteriorate in health
- he relapsed
get worse,
(v) go back to bad behavior
- Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
recidivate, retrogress, lapse, regress, fall back,

Synonyms

get worse backsliding lapsing relapsing reverting lapse reversion recidivate retrogress regress fall back

Antonyms

bounce back get well get over

Words of close approximity