Synonyms for re-lapsing
Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
Spell : verb ri-laps; noun ri-laps, ree-laps |
Phonetic Transcription : verb rɪˈlæps; noun rɪˈlæps, ˈri læps |
Top 10 synonyms for re-lapsing Other synonyms for the word re-lapsing
- abate
- about-face
- adulterate
- aim
- alter
- alternate
- apostatize
- backslide
- be overcome
- be overtaken
- be precipitated
- become obsolete
- break down
- break up
- buckle
- call off
- capsize
- cascade
- cave in
- change
- change position
- cheapen
- come back
- crumble
- curve
- cut
- debase
- debilitate
- decay
- decline
- depart
- deteriorate
- detour
- detract
- deviate
- devitalize
- die
- digress
- dilute
- diminish
- dip
- direct
- disimprove
- disintegrate
- dive
- diverge
- dormant
- double back
- drag
- droop
- drop
- drop down
- dwindle
- ease
- ease up
- ebb
- elapse
- end
- enervate
- exhaust
- expire
- face about
- fade
- fail
- faint
- fall
- fall away
- fall back
- fall from grace
- fall off
- fall off the wagon
- flag
- flip-flop
- flop
- fold up
- give way
- go back
- go by
- go down
- go downhill
- go to pot
- go to the dogs
- gravitate
- halt
- hark back
- hit the dirt
- hit the skids
- impair
- impoverish
- inactive
- incline
- invalidate
- inverse
- invert
- keel over
- land
- languish
- lapse
- lapsing
- latent
- leave the straight and narrow
- lessen
- limp
- loop
- lose
- lose ground
- lose spirit
- lose value
- lower
- minimize
- mitigate
- moderate
- move
- nose-dive
- pass
- pine
- pitch
- pivot
- plummet
- plunge
- react
- recede
- receding
- rechannel
- recidivate
- recoil
- recrudesce
- recur
- redirect
- reduce
- regress
- regression
- regressive
- relapse
- relapsing
- relax
- resume
- retrace
- retreat
- retrograde
- retrogress
- return
- reversion
- revert
- reverting
- roll back
- rot
- run out
- sag
- sap
- settle
- sheer
- shift
- shrink
- shunt
- shy away
- sicken
- sidetrack
- sin
- sink
- slide
- slide back
- slip
- slip back
- slope
- slow down
- slump
- soften
- spin
- stumble
- subside
- subvert
- suffer
- suspended
- sway
- swerve
- swing
- swirl
- switch
- tack
- take a header
- take up where left off
- temper
- terminate
- thin
- thin out
- throw back
- tip over
- tire
- topple
- totter
- trail
- transform
- transpose
- tremble
- trip
- tumble
- turn
- turn back
- twist
- undermine
- upset
- vary
- veer
- vitiate
- volte-face
- wane
- water down
- weaken
- wheel
- whip
- whirl
- wilt
- worsen
- zigzag
Définition of re-lapsing
Origin :- early 15c., "renounce;" 1560s, "fall into a former state," from Latin relapsus, past participle of relabi "slip back, slide back, sink back," from re- "back" (see re-) + labi "to slip" (see lapse (n.)). Related: Relapsed; relapsing.
- As in recessive : adj passive
- As in backsliding : noun relapse
- As in lapse : verb become void; fall back into previous pattern
- As in backslide : verb go astray
- As in regress : verb return to earlier way of doing things
- As in relapse : verb deteriorate, weaken
- As in revert : verb return to an earlier, less-developed condition
- As in sink : verb fall, decrease
- As in turn : verb reverse; change course
- As in weaken : verb reduce the strength of
- As in reoccur : verb return
- As in decline : verb lessen, become less
- As in fall : verb descend; become lower
Antonyms for re-lapsing
- accept
- achieve
- activate
- advance
- aggravate
- agitate
- aid
- animate
- ascend
- assist
- attain
- begin
- brave
- build
- build up
- clean
- climb
- commence
- compliment
- continue
- develop
- dominant
- encourage
- energize
- enhance
- enlarge
- excite
- expand
- extend
- fight
- float
- flourish
- forge
- forward
- free
- get better
- go on
- go up
- grow
- halt
- heal
- help
- hold
- improve
- incite
- increase
- initiate
- invigorate
- keep
- laud
- live
- lose
- make well
- overbalancing
- overcome
- overthrow
- persist
- praise
- prevailing
- progress
- prolong
- purify
- raise
- reach
- refresh
- remain
- restart
- rise
- say yes
- scale
- stagnate
- start
- stay
- stop
- straighten
- strengthen
- succeed
- take
- win
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