backslide
verb (used without object)
to relapse into bad habits, sinful behavior, or undesirable activities.
backslider
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a word derived from
backslide.
Example Sentences
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The new paper also tested whether revealing more information about each potential backslider changed the accuracy of predictions.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 14, 2020
Attacked as a backslider was Chen Yi, the nation's durable Vice Premier and Foreign Minister.
From Time Magazine Archive
Twenty-one boys have been "honorably discharged" without a single backslider so far.
From Time Magazine Archive
In matters of economic organization, however, even Lenin was a backslider of sorts.
From Time Magazine Archive
If I hadn't to hold my little sisters Mamie wouldn't be a backslider now.
From Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress by George Madden Martin
