recidivism
(noun) habitual relapse into crime
Source: WordNet® 3.1
recidivism (countable and uncountable, plural recidivisms)
Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.
(psychology, psychiatry) Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior.
(by extension) Returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*cid"i*vism, n.
Definition: The state or quality of being recidivous; relapse, specif. (Criminology),
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
