recidivate

English Thesaurus

1. go back to bad behavior (verb.body)

hypernym	:	regress, retrovert, return, revert, turn back,
definition	:	go back to a previous state (verb.change)

derivation	:	backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting,
definition	:	a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

derivation	:	recidivism,
definition	:	habitual relapse into crime (noun.act)

derivation	:	backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting,
definition	:	a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

derivation	:	recidivism,
definition	:	habitual relapse into crime (noun.act)