recidivist as a noun: - 1
- 2
recidivist
noun
1 recidivist
Someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior).
synonyms: habitual criminal, repeater.
Dutch: gewoontemisdadiger, recidivist
Polish: recydywista
2 recidivist
Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior.
synonyms: backslider, reversionist.
Roget 607:
change of mind,
change of intention,
change of purpose;
afterthought.
tergiversation,
recantation;
palinode,
palinody†;
renunciation;
abjuration†,
abjurement;
defection
etc.
(relinquishment)
624;
going over
etc.
v.;
apostasy;
retraction,
retractation†;
withdrawal;
disavowal
etc.
(negation)
536;
revocation,
revokement†;
reversal;
repentance
etc.
950;
redintegratio amoris [Lat.].
coquetry;
vacillation
etc.
605;
backsliding;
volte-face [Fr.].
turn coat,
turn tippet†;
rat,
apostate,
renegade;
convert,
pervert;
proselyte,
deserter;
backslider;
blackleg,
crawfish [U.S.],
scab [Slang],
mugwump [U.S.],
recidivist.
time server,
time pleaser†;
timist†,
Vicar of Bray,
trimmer,
ambidexter†;
weathercock
etc.
(changeable)
149;
Janus.
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Dutch: gewoontemisdadiger, recidivist
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