This was a deformation and misunderstanding of the medieval doctrine. Hence habit and virtue took on a bad connotation and were rejected. We need to find today a term to describe this experience. If people use traditional terms, these terms acquire a meaning. If the experience behind the terms is lacking, they can evoke false connotations.
Today there is a thrust toward subjective terms.
The Christian East doesn't use the term habitus, and the Protestants think its Pelagian. The term habitus appeared in theology, however, with the theological virtues and describes the fecundity of the new life given to us by God. This implies that we need to be changed in the depth of our being, not just our actions. Abelard said that God creates a new state in us without giving himself, that grace is a thing created but has no personal intervention of God. Lombard protested, saying that God, and not some reality distinct from God, is sanctifying us, and hence erred saying charity is the Holy Spirit.