RECIDIVISM Antonyms

• a change for the better; progress in development

• the act of improving something

• a condition superior to an earlier condition

• gradual improvement or growth or development

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• a movement forward

• develop in a positive way

• move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

• form or accumulate steadily

• return to an original state

• gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury

• the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

• (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

• repayment of the principal amount of a debt or security at or before maturity (as when a corporation repurchases its own stock)

• the act of purchasing back something previously sold

• a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses

• a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices

• self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice

• make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices

• bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

• produce by cracking

• break up the molecules of

• improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition

• change for the better

• a religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches

• improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs

• rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course

• the restoration of someone to a useful place in society

• the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

• vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation

• the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises

• the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

• the act of renewing

• filling again by supplying what has been used up