recidivism

recidivism
Synonyms and related words:
about-face, amorality, apostasy, atheism, backing, backset, backslide, backsliding, backward motion, backward step, betrayal, bolt, breakaway, carnality, criminality, defection, delinquency, desertion, disenchantment, disloyalty, evil, evil nature, faithlessness, fall, fall from grace, flip-flop, going over, immorality, impiety, impiousness, impurity, irreligion, irreverence, lapse, lapse from grace, moral delinquency, peccability, prodigality, ratting, reaction, recession, recidivation, reclamation, reconversion, recreancy, reentry, refluence, reflux, regress, regression, rehabilitation, reinstatement, relapse, restitution, restoration, retroaction, retrocession, retroflexion, retrogradation, retrogression, retroversion, retrusion, return, returning, reversal, reverse, reversion, reverting, revulsion, rollback, secession, setback, slipping back, sternway, throwback, treason, turn, turnabout, turning traitor, unangelicalness, unchastity, uncleanness, undutifulness, ungodliness, ungoodness, unmorality, unrighteousness, unsaintliness, unvirtuousness, vice, viciousness, wantonness, waywardness, wrongdoing

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  • Recidivism — (IPA: /ɹɪˈsɪdɪvɪzm̩/. From recidive + ism , from Latin recidīvus recurring , from re back + cadō I fall ) is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have either experienced negative consequences of that behavior, or have… …   Wikipedia

  • recidivism — re·cid·i·vism /ri si də ˌvi zəm/ n: relapse into criminal behavior Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. recidivism …   Law dictionary

  • Recidivism — Re*cid i*vism (r[ e]*s[i^]d [i^]*v[i^]z m), n. The state or quality of being recidivous; relapse, specif. (Criminology), a falling back or relapse into prior criminal habits, esp. after conviction and punishment. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] The old… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • recidivism — recidivísm s. n. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic …   Dicționar Român

  • recidivism — (n.) 1882, from RECIDIVIST (Cf. recidivist) + ISM (Cf. ism) …   Etymology dictionary

  • recidivism — [ri sid′ə viz΄əm] n. [< L recidivus < recidere, to fall back < re , back + cadere, to fall (see CASE1) + ISM] habitual or chronic relapse, or tendency to relapse, esp. into crime or antisocial behavior recidivist n., adj. recidivistic… …   English World dictionary

  • recidivism — recidivist, recidivism Any person who is convicted of a crime on more than one occasion; a person who re offends. Recidivism is usually measured in relation to the type of last sentence or last offence, as percentages re offending, or reconvicted …   Dictionary of sociology

  • recidivism — noun a) Committing new offenses after being punished for a crime. The increase in criminal activity was attributed to recidivism. b) Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior. See Also: recidivate …   Wiktionary

  • recidivism — The tendency of an individual toward recidivation. [L. recidivus, recurring] * * * re·cid·i·vism ri sid ə .viz əm n a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior <high recidivism rates after cessation of smoking (A. E.… …   Medical dictionary

  • recidivism — noun Recidivism is used before these nouns: ↑rate …   Collocations dictionary

  • recidivism — recidivist ► NOUN ▪ a convicted criminal who reoffends. DERIVATIVES recidivism noun. ORIGIN French récidiviste, from Latin recidere fall back …   English terms dictionary

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