# recidivism

> English word · Noun · IPA /rɪˈsɪdɪvɪzm̩/ · frequency rank #42,365

## Definitions
1. Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.
2. Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior.
3. Returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time.

## Etymology
From French récidivisme, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”). Compare recidivous, -ism. By surface analysis, recidive + -ism.

## Common misspellings (15)
`ercidivism`, `rceidivism`, `reccidivism`, `recdiivism`, `reciddivism`, `recidiivsm`, `recidivims`, `recidivismm`, `recidivissm`, `recidivsim`, `recidivvism`, `recidviism`, `reciidvism`, `reicdivism`, `rrecidivism`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/recidivism