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recidivism |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recidivism \Re*cid"i*vism\, 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. The old English system of recognizances, in which the guilty party deposits a sum of money, is an excellent guarantee to society against recidivism. --Havelock Ellis. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: recidivism n : a failure to maintain a higher state [syn: {backsliding}, {lapse}, {lapsing}, {relapse}, {relapsing}, {reversion}, {reverting}]
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