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back•slide
Pronunciation: (bak'slīd"), [key]
—v., -slid, -slid or -slid•den, -slid•ing,
—n.
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v.i.
to relapse into bad habits, sinful behavior, or undesirable activities.
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n.
an act or instance of backsliding:
a backslide from his early training. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.