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   Back·slide

   /ˈbakslīd/

   

   verb

   • 1. relapse into bad ways or error: "converted vegetarians backslide to T-bones" Similar relapselapseregressretrogressrevert to one's bad habitsweakenlose one's resolvegive in to temptationgo astrayleave the straight and narrowgo down the primrose pathdegeneratedeteriorateslipslidefall offrevert to a former stateregressretrogressinformal:go downhillgo to potgo to the dogsrare:recidivateOpposite persevereprogress

   Derivatives

   • 1. backslider noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • K

     5

   • S

     1

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

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