HyperDic: backslide

English > 1 sense of the word *backslide*:
VERB	change	backslide, lapse	drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

backslide > pronunciation
Sounds	bae'kslay.d
Rhymes	abide ... Yuletide: 172 rhymes with ayd...

English > *backslide*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonym	lapse
Broader	slip, drop off, drop away, fall away	get worse
Catalan	recaure, reincidir
Nouns	backslider	someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior