| NOUN | act | recidivism | habitual relapse into crime |
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| Sounds | rahsih'dihvih.zahm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | habitual relapse into crime. | |
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| Broader | backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting | A failure to maintain a higher state |
| Spanish | recaída, reincidencia | |
| Nouns | recidivist | someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior |
| recidivist | someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) | |
| Verbs | recidivate | go back to bad behavior |
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