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 Relapses 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
10
Words with Friends
12
The word Relapse is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 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.