backslider

back·slide

 (băk′slīd′)

intr.v. back·slid (-slĭd′), back·slid·ing, back·slides

To revert to bad habits or lapse in religious practice.

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back′slid′er n.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

backslider - someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior reversionist, recidivist offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law

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backslider

noun relapser, renegade, reneger, deserter, fallen angel, turncoat, apostate I've never heard of him punishing a backslider.

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Translations

backslider

[ˈbækˈslaɪdəʳ] N → reincidente mf

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