lapse vs recidivism

lapse and recidivism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lapse	Yes	No	Yes	No
recidivism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, recidivism is a hyponym of lapse; that is, recidivism is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lapse:

lapse (noun)	recidivism (noun)
a mistake resulting from inattention	habitual relapse into crime
a failure to maintain a higher state
a break or intermission in the occurrence of something

lapse (verb)	recidivism (verb)
go back to bad behavior
drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
end, at least for a long time
for time to move forward
pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
let slip