recidiva — meaning in English
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English meaning
- recidivism noun The tendency of a convicted offender to commit further crimes, especially after being released from prison; the rate at which this happens.
- relapse verb To fall back into a former, usually worse, state after a period of improvement.
Senses
recidiva is used for these senses in English:
- recidivism Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.
- relapse The act or situation of relapsing.
recidivism — full definition
- noun The tendency of a convicted offender to commit further crimes, especially after being released from prison; the rate at which this happens.
- noun A return to any former pattern of behaviour that someone had stopped, especially an addiction or unwanted habit.
relapse — full definition
- verb To fall back into a former, usually worse, state after a period of improvement.
- noun An occasion of falling back into illness, a bad habit, or a previous state.