'Recidivate' definitions:
Definition of 'recidivate'
From: WordNet
verb
Go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" [syn: relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back]
Definition of 'Recidivate'
From: GCIDE
- Recidivate \Re*cid"i*vate\ (r[-e]*s[i^]d"[i^]*v[=a]t), v. i. [LL. recidivare. See Recidivous.] To backslide; to fall again. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'recidivate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- backslide,
- cock,
- fall,
- fall again into,
- fall astern,
- fall back,
- fall behind,
- fall from grace,
- get behind,
- go backwards,
- go behind,
- have a relapse,
- jerk back,
- lapse,
- lapse back,
- lose ground,
- pull back,
- recede,
- recur to,
- regress,
- relapse,
- retrocede,
- retroflex,
- retrograde,
- retrogress,
- retrovert,
- return,
- return to,
- reverse,
- revert,
- revert to,
- sink back,
- slide back,
- slip back,
- yield again to