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Definitions for Recidivism
[1] repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
[2] Psychiatry . the chronic tendency toward repetition of criminal or antisocial behavior patterns.
[3] habitual relapse into crime
Words related to Recidivism
relapse, decline, descent, drop, regression, recession, deterioration, fall, decadence, declension, retrogression, degeneration, devolution, backslide, retrogradation
Words nearby Recidivism
rechar, recharge, rechargeable, recherché, recidivate, recidivism, recidivist, recife, recip., recipe, recipience
Origin of Recidivism
1885–90; < Latin recidīv(us ) relapsing (recid(ere ) to fall back (re- re- + -cidere, combining form of cadere to fall) + -īvus -ive) + -ism
Other words from Recidivism
re·cid·i·vist , noun, adjective
re·cid·i·vis·tic , re·cid·i·vous , adjective
Word origin for Recidivism
C19: from Latin recidīvus falling back, from re- + cadere to fall
Synonyms for Recidivism
backsliding, relapse, decadence, declension, decline, degeneration, descent, deterioration, devolution, drop, fall, recession, regression, retrogression, backslide, recidivation, retrogradation