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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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