n.
Function: verb
to fall from a better or higher state into a lower or poorer one FF1C; lapsed into his old vulgar ways FF1E;
Synonyms: backslide, recidivate, relapse
Related Words: return, revert; slide, slip; decline, degenerate, deteriorate; subside; descend; recede, retrograde; apostatize
Contrasted Words: advance, progress; develop, mature; amend, mend; better, improve