BACKSLIDE


Meaning of BACKSLIDE in English

back ‧ slide /ˌbækˈslaɪd $ ˈbækslaɪd/ BrE AmE 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]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.