transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌslīd ]
intransitive verb
( back·slid -ˌslid ; -slid or back·slid·den -ˌsli-d ə n ; back·slid·ing -ˌslī-diŋ)
Date: 1552
1. : to lapse morally or in the practice of religion
2. : to revert to a worse condition : retrogress
• backslide noun
• back·slid·er -ˌslī-dər noun