Australian English Meaning of backslide

relapse

Other Australian English words related to relapse

Definitions and Meaning of backslide in English

Wordnet

backslide (v)

drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

Webster

backslide (v. i.)

To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.

FAQs About the word backslide

relapse

drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standardsTo slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been

lapse,regression,relapse,retrogression,reversion,return,Atavism,decline,degeneration,non-development

advancement,development,evolution,growth,maturation,pregnancy,Ripening

backslidden => backsliding, backslid => backslid, backslapper => backslapper, backslap => Backslap, backsight => Backsight,