backslide
[bak-slahyd]
verb (used without object), back·slid, back·slid or back·slid·den, back·slid·ing.
to relapse into bad habits, sinful behavior, or undesirable activities.
noun
an act or instance of backsliding: a backslide from his early training.
Origin of backslide
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Contemporary Examples of backslide
But what about the formerly middle-class African Americans who find themselves on the backslide?
Historical Examples of backslide
She was only thinking that "it was a heap better to repent 'n to backslide."
Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour SketchesRuth McEnery Stuart
Did not I, even I, in thy presence, backslide into intemperance and folly?
Jacob FaithfulCaptain Frederick Marryat
Having slept in a duchess's bed, Kedzie would not backslide.
We Can't Have EverythingRupert Hughes
They will no longer be tolerated, nor will converted Israel backslide again.
The Prophet EzekielArno C. Gaebelein
If thou turn us not, we shall never turn; it is in our nature to backslide for ever.
The Power of FaithIsabella Graham
backslide
verb -slides, -sliding, -slid, -slid or -slidden
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