Sami had a drug relapse.
Source: tatoeba (6462274)
Relapse
//ɹɪˈlæps//
Synonyms for "relapse" (128 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (64)
reclamationreconversionrecrudescencerecur torecurrencereentryrefluencerefluxregressregressingregressionrehabilitationreinstatementrenewalrestitutionrestorationretreatretroactionretrocederetrocession
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Verb(2 words)
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92 translations across 28 languages.
Bikol Central
2 entries- baghat noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- baghat verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
Bulgarian
2 entries- рециди́в noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- влошавам се verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
Catalan
4 entries- recaiguda noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- recidiva noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- reincidència noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- recaure verb (To fall back again)
Cebuano
2 entries- bughat noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- bughat verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
Czech
3 entries- ataka noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- recidiva noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- relaps noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
Dutch
3 entries- terugval noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- hervallen verb (To fall back again)
- hervallen verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
Esperanto
2 entries- refalo noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- refali verb (To fall back again)
Finnish
4 entries- uudelleen lankeaminen noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- kokea takaisku verb (To fall back again)
- langeta verb (To fall back again)
- langeta uudelleen verb (To fall back again)
French
3 entries- rechute noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- récidive noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- rechuter verb (To fall back again)
German
4 entries- Rezidiv noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- Rückfall noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- sich verschlechtern verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
- sich verschlimmern verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
Greek
1 entries- υποτροπιάζω verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
Hungarian
4 entries- relapszus noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- romlás noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- rosszabbodás noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- visszaesés noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
Interlingua
2 entries- recadita noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- recader verb (To fall back again)
Italian
4 entries- recidiva noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- ricaduta noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- recidivare verb (To fall back again)
- recidivare verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
Japanese
1 entries- ぶり返す verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
Macedonian
4 entries- рециди́в noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- па́дне verb (To fall back again)
- па́ѓа verb (To fall back again)
- се вло́ши verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
Manx
4 entries- aaghoghan noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- aahuittym noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- aahuitt verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
- aaskyrr verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
Māori
2 entries- matahoki noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- matahoki verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
Polish
2 entries- nawrót noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- wznowa noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
Portuguese
4 entries- recaída noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- relapso noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- recair verb (To fall back again)
- recair verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
Quechua
1 entries- huchachakuy verb (To fall back again)
Romanian
1 entries- recidiva verb (To fall back again)
Russian
4 entries- рециди́в noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- впадать verb (To fall back again)
- обостряться verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
- рецидивировать verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- ath-thuisleachadh noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- ath-thuiteam noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- ath-thuislich verb (To fall back again)
- ath-thuit verb (To fall back again)
Spanish
4 entries- recaída noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- recidiva noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- reincidencia noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- recaer verb (To fall back again)
Swedish
4 entries- recidiv noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- återfall noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- skov verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
- återfall verb (To fall back again)
Tagalog
2 entries- binat noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
- binat verb ((medicine) To recur; to worsen)
Ukrainian
1 entries- рециди́в noun (the act or situation of relapsing)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I try to be calmer these days. That outburst was a relapse into my old behavior.
Source: tatoeba (8860352)
Severe itching is one of the withdrawal symptoms. Many addicts who stay sober and committed through days of nausea, sleeplessness and fever will relapse within an hour of the itching begins.
Source: tatoeba (8975218)
Yanni had a relapse.
Source: tatoeba (9794058)
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