| recidivism | (noun) habitual relapse into crime | - |
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| recidivist | (noun) someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior | Synonyms: backslider, reversionist |
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| (noun) someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) | Synonyms: habitual criminal, repeater |
| recipe | (noun) directions for making something | Synonyms: formula |
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| recipient | (noun) the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause | Synonyms: recipient role |
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| (noun) a person who receives something | Synonyms: receiver |
| reciprocal | (noun) hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype | Synonyms: reciprocal cross |
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| (noun) (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7 | Synonyms: multiplicative inverse |
| (noun) something (a term or expression or concept) that has an inverse relation to something else | - |
| reciprocality | (noun) a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence | Synonyms: reciprocity |
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| reciprocation | (noun) the act of making or doing something in return | - |
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| (noun) alternating back-and-forth movement | - |
| (noun) mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) | Synonyms: give-and-take, interchange |
| reciprocity | (noun) mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges | - |
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| (noun) a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence | Synonyms: reciprocality |
| recirculation | (noun) circulation again | - |
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| recission | (noun) (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the contract had not been made | Synonyms: rescission |
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| recital | (noun) the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events | Synonyms: narration, yarn |
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| (noun) a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance | Synonyms: reading, recitation |
| (noun) performance of music or dance especially by soloists | - |
| (noun) a detailed account or description of something | - |
| recitalist | (noun) a musician who gives recitals | - |
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| recitation | (noun) systematic training by multiple repetitions | Synonyms: drill, exercise, practice, practice session |
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| (noun) a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study | Synonyms: class period, course session |
| (noun) a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance | Synonyms: reading, recital |
| (noun) written matter that is recited from memory | - |
| recitative | (noun) a vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech | - |
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| reciter | (noun) someone who recites from memory | - |
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