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[Amphora]

Define 'old habits', Amphora

From Merriam-Webster:

The defination for old is:

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dating from the remote past : ancient <old traditions> b : persisting from an earlier time <an old ailment> <they brought up the same old argument> c : of long standing <an old friend>
2 a : distinguished from an object of the same kind by being of an earlier date <many still used the old name> b capitalized : belonging to an early period in the development of a language or literature <Old Persian>
3 : having existed for a specified period of time <a child three years old>
4 : of, relating to, or originating in a past era <old chronicles record the event>
5 a : advanced in years or age <an old person> b : showing the characteristics of age <looked old at 20>
6 : experienced <an old trooper speaking of the last war>
7 : former <his old students>
8 a : showing the effects of time or use : worn, aged <old shoes> b : no longer in use : discarded <old rags> c : of a grayish or dusty color <old mauve> d : tiresome <gets old fast>
9 a : long familiar <same old story> <good old Joe> b —used as an intensive <a high old time> c —used to express an attitude of affection or amusement <a big old dog> <flex the old biceps> <any old time>

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The defination for habits is:

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a settled tendency or usual manner of behavior <her habit of taking a morning walk>
7 a : a behavior pattern acquired by frequent repetition or physiologic exposure that shows itself in regularity or increased facility of performance b : an acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary <got up early from force of habit>

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So for a person to go back to old habits IMO, is to act like the did from their past, something that they were not so proud of. This is what I ment from my OP.