Defenition of the word recidivist

• Defenition of the word recidivist

  • A person who repeats an undesirable behavior after having been punished and/or treated for it.
  • someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
  • someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)

Synonyms for the word recidivist

• • backslider
  • habitual criminal
  • repeater
  • reversionist

Hypernyms for the word recidivist

• • criminal
  • crook
  • felon
  • malefactor
  • offender
  • outlaw
  • wrongdoer

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