Term: recidivist: someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
Candidate hypernym: wrongdoer: a person who transgresses moral or civil law → 1
Candidate hypernym: bullace: small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters → 0
Candidate hypernym: power play: an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power → 0
Candidate hypernym: act: a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet → 0
Candidate hypernym: second: a speech seconding a motion → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus gladiolus: gladiolas → 0
Candidate hypernym: ribbon: any long object resembling a thin line → 0
Candidate hypernym: tanekaha: medium tall celery pine of New Zealand → 0
Candidate hypernym: sunstroke: sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat → 0
Candidate hypernym: butterfly effect: the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago → 0
Candidate hypernym: low-fat diet: a diet containing limited amounts of fat and stressing foods high in carbohydrates; used in treatment of some gallbladder conditions → 0