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Recidivate

🔄 Synonyms of "Recidivate"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
regressnoun	(intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
lapsenoun	A temporary failure; a slip.
retrogressverb	(intransitive) To return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress.
relapsenoun	(intransitive, informal, specifically) To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
fall backverb	To retreat.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
relapseverb	(intransitive, informal, specifically) To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
retrogressverb	(intransitive) To return to an earlier, simpler or worse condition; to regress.
regressverb	(intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
lapseverb	To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
fall backverb	To retreat.
reoffendverb	To offend again; especially after receiving punishment or treatment
recrudescenoun	(intransitive) To recur, or break out anew after a dormant period.
rekidnapverb	(transitive) To kidnap again.
re-abuseverb	To abuse again.
re-occurverb	Alternative spelling of reoccur. [To occur again; to recur.]
reinfiltrateverb	(transitive) To infiltrate again.
retrapnoun	(transitive) To trap again.
reflownoun	(computing) The process of recreating the layout of a document when some of its component elements have changed.
rebreedverb	(ambitransitive) To breed again.
reclogverb	(transitive and intransitive) To clog again
rereplicateverb	To replicate again.
rehappenverb	(rare) To happen again
rereportverb	(transitive) To report again.
reexitverb	(ambitransitive) To exit again.
retriggernoun	(transitive) To trigger again or anew.

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