Definitions For Relapse
noun
- A failure to maintain a higher state
- The return of an illness after a period of improvement
- A return to bad behavior that you had stopped doing
verb
- Go back to bad behavior
- Deteriorate in health
- To become ill again after a period of improvement in health
- To return or become worse after leaving or improving for a period of time
- To return to a bad condition, form of behavior, etc.
Is Relapse a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
11
The word Relapse is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Relapse in a Sentence
- Everyone thought she was well until a sudden relapse sent her back to the hospital.
- A drug addict who has had a relapse
- A drug addict who has a history of relapse
- If you don't continue your treatment, you could relapse.
- Malaria can relapse years after the original infection.
- The country soon relapsed into chaos.