| redress | To set right; to remedy or rectify | |
| redouble | To become much greater, more intense, or more numerous | |
| rectitude | The quality of being honest and morally correct | |
| recrudescent | Breaking out again; renewing | |
| reclusive | Avoiding the company of other people; solitary | |
| recidivist | A convicted criminal who reoffends, especially repeatedly | |
| recapitulated | To summarize or state again the main points of | |
| recant | To formally withdraw or renounce one's formerly held belief, opinion, or statement | |
| recalcitrant | Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline | |
| rebuttal | A refutation or contradiction | |