BACKSLIDE


Meaning of BACKSLIDE in English

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.