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RECIDIVATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they recidivate ... he / she / it recidivates
Past simple: recidivated
Past participle: recidivated
-ing form: recidivating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Go back to bad behavior
Example:
Those who recidivate are often minor criminals
Synonyms:
fall back; lapse; recidivate; regress; relapse; retrogress
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "recidivate" is one way to...):
regress; retrovert; return; revert; turn back (go back to a previous state)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
recidivism (habitual relapse into crime)
