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Verb: backslide (backslid,backslidden)  'bak,slId
  1. Revert to sinful or undesirable behaviour after a period of improvement or commitment to change
    "Conservatives worry about McCain's backslide on immigration";
    - lapse

Derived forms: backsliding, backslidden, backslid, backslides

Type of: drop away, drop off, fall away, slip

Encyclopedia: Backslide