About The Word Recidivism

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Recidivism to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Recidivism definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Recidivism

Recidivism Meaning & Definition
Recidivism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Recidivism?

[n] habitual relapse into crime

Synonyms | Synonyms for Recidivism:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Recidivism:

See Also | backsliding | lapse | lapsing | relapse | relapsing | reversion | reverting

Recidivism In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Dreadful ‐ causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk";…
  • Fahrenheit scale ‐ a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water…
  • Tetragrammaton ‐ four Hebrew letters (usually transliterated as YHWH (Yahweh)…
  • Research worker ‐ a scientist who devotes himself to…
  • Hamitic language ‐ a group of North African languages related…
  • Yellow lupine ‐ yellow-flowered European lupine cultivated…
  • Israeli ‐ a native or inhabitant of Israel [adj] of or relating to or characteristic…
  • Bird-scarer ‐ an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away…
  • Smoothbore ‐ of a firearm; not having rifling or internal spiral grooves inside…
  • Affective disorder ‐ any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities…