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Backslide   /bˈækslˌaɪd/   Listen
Backslide

verb
(past backslid; past part. backslidden; pres. part. backsliding)
1.
Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards.  Synonym: lapse.



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"Backslide" Quotes from Famous Books



... and possibly some sincere soul, may ask: "Did such revival do any permanent good? Does not the so-near savage easily backslide?" To this may be given this partial reply: It depends somewhat on the sort of white folks there are in the immediate vicinity. As elsewhere stated in these pages, the pale face has been the great undoer of the red man. "Civilization" in some garbs is worse than savagery. ...
— Trail Tales • James David Gillilan

... to the requirements of Imperial defence.' No wonder that the London Times congratulated Australia and Canada 'on their achievement in having at last educated the Admiralty up to their own point of view.' Unfortunately the convert was soon to backslide, but for the present hearty and ready aid was given in establishing the Dominion naval policy. Australia agreed to form a distinct fleet unit, consisting of a large armoured cruiser, three unarmoured cruisers, six destroyers and three submarines, ...
— The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier - A Chronicle of Our Own Time • Oscar D. Skelton



Words linked to "Backslide" :   lapse, drop away, drop off, fall away, slip, backslider



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