recidivate vs turn back

recidivate and turn back both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recidivate	No	No	Yes	No
turn back	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, turn back is a hypernym of recidivate; that is, turn back is a word with a broader meaning than recidivate:

Other hypernyms of recidivate include regress, retrovert, return, revert.

recidivate (verb)	turn back (verb)
go back to bad behavior	go back to a previous state
	turn inside out or upside down
	hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
	retrace one's course
	force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings