back|slide

back|slide
back|slide «BAK SLYD», intransitive verb, -slid, -slid|den or -slid, -slid|ing.
to slide back into wrongdoing; gradually return to old habits or practices, especially ones forbidden by a church or by authority; relapse: »

So far none of the reformed drinkers has backslid (Time).

back´slid´er, noun.

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