backslide
to relapse into bad habits, sinful behavior, or undesirable activities.
an act or instance of backsliding: a backslide from his early training.
Origin of backslide
1Other words from backslide
- backslider, noun
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How to use backslide in a sentence
The dramatic backslide meant the Bulls entered the break with the league’s fourth-ranked offense, 20th-ranked defense, 11th-best net rating and 10th-best point differential, but still managed its fourth-best winning percentage.
The Bulls Were Running The East — Then They Weren’t. How Can They Get Back? | Jared Dubin | March 31, 2022 | FiveThirtyEightBut what about the formerly middle-class African Americans who find themselves on the backslide?
How Much Does 'Culture' Matter for 'Inner-City' Poverty? | Jamelle Bouie | March 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey will no longer be tolerated, nor will converted Israel backslide again.
The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. GaebeleinIf thou turn us not, we shall never turn; it is in our nature to backslide for ever.
The Power of Faith | Isabella GrahamIt is a thing of very common occurrence, inside the different denominations, for their members to backslide, as they call it.
But one must go forward before one can backslide, and Kedzie was on the way up the slippery hill.
We Can't Have Everything | Rupert HughesMany of Balzac's women repent, and many of those that repent either backslide or come very near to it.
Balzac | Frederick Lawton
British Dictionary definitions for backslide
/ (ˈbækˌslaɪd) /
(intr) to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
Derived forms of backslide
- backslider, noun
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