recidivate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb go back to bad behavior
    retrogress; relapse; lapse; fall back; regress.
    • Those who recidivate are often minor criminals

WordNet


Re*cid"i*vate intransitive verb
Etymology
LL. recidivare. See Recidivous.
Definitions
  1. To baskslide; to fall again. Obs.

Webster 1913