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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become void; fall back into previous pattern |
| Synonyms: | apostatize, backslide, become obsolete, cease, decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, die, elapse, end, expire, go by, pass, recede, recidivate, relapse, retrograde, return, revert, run out, slide, slip, subside, terminate, weaken |
| Antonyms: | continue, go on, restart |
| Concept: | Relapse. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; degree of subservience |
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-nouns
relapse, lapse; falling back; retrogradation (retrogression); deterioration., [Return to, or recurrence of a bad state] backsliding, recidivation; recidivism, recidivity; recrudescence.
-verbs
relapse, lapse; fall back, slide back, sink back; return; retrograde; recidivate; fall off again.
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| Antonyms: | restoration |
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