recidivation
recidivation noun: relapse of a disease or a symptom.
Noun
recidivation (countable and uncountable, plural recidivations)
- Relapse of a disease or a symptom.
- Synonym of recidivism.
- Recidiuation into ſinne maketh the former repentãce fruſtrate.1610, The Second Tome of the Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiasticus 34, marginal note, page 423
- Investigation of recidivation during the postparole period revealed the fact that 23.6 per cent of the cases were found to be nondelinquent (meaning thereby, cases “who abandoned their delinquencies immediately on discharge from the reformatory or before the end of the end parole”); […]1940, Walter C[ade] Reckless, “Relapse and the Results of Treatment”, in Criminal Behavior (McGraw-Hill Publications in Sociology), New York, N.Y.; London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., →OCLC, page...
- Synonyms:
- recidivism
Synonyms of recidivation
Forms of recidivation
| plural | recidivations |
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Origin of recidivation
From Middle English recidivacion, from Latin recidīvātiō. By surface analysis, recidivate + -ion or recidive + -ation.
Questions about recidivation
- What does recidivation mean?
- Recidivation means relapse of a disease or a symptom.
- What part of speech is recidivation?
- Recidivation is a noun.
- What is the plural of recidivation?
- The plural of recidivation is recidivations.
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