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backslider

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back·slide  (bksld)
intr.v. back·slid (-sld), back·slid·ing, back·slides
To revert to sin or wrongdoing, especially in religious practice.
backslider n.
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Noun1.backslider - someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
reversionist, recidivist
offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law
backslider
noun relapser, renegade, reneger, deserter, fallen angel, turncoat, apostate I've never heard of him punishing a backslider.
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backslider [ˈbækˈslaɪdəʳ] N → reincidente mf


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Those black angularities which his face had used to put on when his wishes were thwarted now did duty in picturing the incorrigible backslider who would insist upon turning again to his wallowing in the mire.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
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