Associations to the word «Recidivism»

Wiktionary

RECIDIVISM, noun. Committing new offenses after being punished for a crime.
RECIDIVISM, noun. (psychology) (psychiatry) Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior.
RECIDIVISM, noun. (by extension) Returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time.

Dictionary definition

RECIDIVISM, noun. Habitual relapse into crime.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne