'Recidivism' definitions:
Definition of 'recidivism'
From: WordNet
noun
Habitual relapse into crime
Definition of 'Recidivism'
From: GCIDE
- Recidivism \Re*cid"i*vism\ (r[-e]*s[i^]d"[i^]*v[i^]z'm), n. The state or quality of being recidivous; relapse, specif. (Criminology), a falling back or relapse into prior criminal habits, esp. after conviction and punishment. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- The old English system of recognizances, in which the guilty party deposits a sum of money, is an excellent guarantee to society against recidivism. --Havelock Ellis. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'recidivism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about-face,
- amorality,
- apostasy,
- atheism,
- backing,
- backset,
- backslide,
- backsliding,
- backward motion,
- backward step,
- betrayal,
- bolt,
- breakaway,
- carnality,
- criminality,
- defection,
- delinquency,
- desertion,
- disenchantment,
- disloyalty,
- evil,
- evil nature,
- faithlessness,
- fall,
- fall from grace,
- flip-flop,
- going over,
- immorality,
- impiety,
- impiousness,
- impurity,
- irreligion,
- irreverence,
- lapse,
- lapse from grace,
- moral delinquency,
- peccability,
- prodigality,
- ratting,
- reaction,
- recession,
- recidivation,
- reclamation,
- reconversion,
- recreancy,
- reentry,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- regress,
- regression,
- rehabilitation,
- reinstatement,
- relapse,
- restitution,
- restoration,
- retroaction,
- retrocession,
- retroflexion,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- retroversion,
- retrusion,
- return,
- returning,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- reversion,
- reverting,
- revulsion,
- rollback,
- secession,
- setback,
- slipping back,
- sternway,
- throwback,
- treason,
- turn,
- turnabout,
- turning traitor,
- unangelicalness,
- unchastity,
- uncleanness,
- undutifulness,
- ungodliness,
- ungoodness,
- unmorality,
- unrighteousness,
- unsaintliness,
- unvirtuousness,
- vice,
- viciousness,
- wantonness,
- waywardness,
- wrongdoing