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backslide

back·slide [ bák sld ] (past and past participle back·slid [ bák slìd ], present participle back·slid·ing, 3rd person present singular back·slides)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
relapse into bad habit: to fall back into wrongdoing or a bad habit after an attempt to act in a better way


back·slid·er noun
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