Synonyms of relapsing

relapsing

verb

present participle of relapse

as in reverting

to return to a usually worse state or condition

After a few good months of keeping their rooms clean, the kids relapsed into their old untidy habits.

Related Words

• reverting
• lapsing
• backsliding
• returning
• falling
• regressing
• retrogressing
• throwing back
• worsening
• ebbing
• degenerating
• declining
• dropping
• retrograding

Dissimilar Words

• growing
• maturing
• developing
• evolving
• advancing
• ripening
• progressing