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recidivate
CIDE DICTIONARY
recidivate, v. i. [LL. recidivare. See Recidivous.].
To backslide; to fall again. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
recidivate
backslide, cock, fall, fall again into, fall astern, fall back, fall behind, fall from grace, get behind, go backwards, go behind, have a relapse, jerk back, lapse, lapse back, lose ground, pull back, recede, recur to, regress, relapse, retrocede, retroflex, retrograde, retrogress, retrovert, return, return to, reverse, revert, revert to, sink back, slide back, slip back, yield again toROGET THESAURUS
recidivate
Relapse
VB relapse, lapse, fall back, slide back, sink back, return, retrograde, recidivate, fall off again.For further exploring for "recidivate" in Webster Dictionary Online