backslide
back‧slide /ˌbækˈslaɪd $ ˈbækslaɪd/ verb (past tense and past participle backslid /-slɪd/) [intransitive]
Irregular Forms: (backslid)(backslidden)
(از دین) برگشتن، سیرقهقرایی کردن
backslide[verb]Synonyms: relapse, go astray, go wrong, lapse, revert, slip, stray, weaken
Related Idioms: fall away, fall (
or sink
or slide
or slip) back into, give in to
Related Words: regress,
retrovert,
return,
revert,
defect,
desert,
tergiversate,
turn [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
back‧slide /ˌbækˈslaɪd $ ˈbækslaɪd/
verb (
past tense and past participle backslid /-slɪd/)
[intransitive] to start doing the bad things that you used to do, after having improved your behaviour
—backslider noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲