Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb recidivate

1 sense of recidivate

Sense 1
relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back -- (go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals")
       => revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn back -- (go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules")