retrogress vs recidivate

retrogress and recidivate both are verbs.

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

As verbs, retrogress and recidivate are synonyms defined as:

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

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