BACKSLIDE Meaning of BACKSLIDE in English [back.slide] vi -slid ; -slid or -slid.den ; -slid.ing (1581) 1: to lapse morally or in the practice of religion 2: to revert to a worse condition: retrogress -- back.slid.er n Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012