læps ɹiːˈɡɹɛʃən ɹɪˈlæps ɹɪˈtɜːn ɹɪˈtɝn ɹɪˈvɜːʒən ɹɨˈvɝt ɹɨˈvɜːt go back to bad behavior Those who recidivate are often minor criminals returning to a former state get worse or fall back to a previous condition go back to a previous state We reverted to the old rules go back to a statistical means the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence