verb
recidivate
Recidivate (verb) means to fall back into old, bad habits, especially by breaking the law again after already being punished for it.
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To fall back into old, bad habits, especially by breaking the law again after already being punished for it.
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Etymology
An adapted borrowing of Medieval Latin recidīvātus combined with -ate (a verb-forming suffix); recidīvātus was the past participle of recidīvō, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”) plus -ō (a verb-forming suffix). Compare French récidiver. Taken at face value it breaks down as recidive plus -ate.
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What is the meaning of recidivate?
"recidivate" (verb) means to fall back into old, bad habits, especially by breaking the law again after already being punished for it.
What is another word for recidivate?
Other words for "recidivate" include regress, retrogress, relapse, lapse.
