recidivate vs retrogress

recidivate and retrogress both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recidivate	No	No	Yes	No
retrogress	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, recidivate and retrogress are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of recidivate include fall back, lapse, regress, relapse.

recidivate (verb)	retrogress (verb)
go back to bad behavior	go back to bad behavior
	get worse or fall back to a previous condition