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The noun RECIDIVIST has 2 senses: 1. someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior). 2. someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior. Familiarity information: RECIDIVIST used as a noun is rare.
A relapse or recidivism is a recurrence of a past (typically medical) condition. For example, MS or malaria often exhibit peaks of activity and sometimes long periods of dormancy. Relapse, in relation to drug abuse, is resuming the use of a drug or a chemical substance after one or more periods of abstinence.