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Noun: backslider  'bak,slI-du(r)
  1. Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behaviour
    "The reformed alcoholic became a backslider after losing his job";
    - recidivist, reversionist

Derived forms: backsliders

Type of: offender, wrongdoer

Encyclopedia: Backslider