backslide

Verb
Synonyms: lapse

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

  1. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standardsSynonyms: lapse
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Backslide \Back"slide"\ (b[a^]k"sl[imac]d"; 277), v. i. [imp. Backslid; p. p. Backslidden, Backslid; p. pr. & vb. n. Backsliding.] [Back, adv. + slide.] To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed. [1913 Webster]
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