Associations to the word «Backslid»
Noun
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Wiktionary
BACKSLIDE, verb. To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
BACKSLIDE, verb. To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
Dictionary definition
BACKSLIDE, verb. Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards.
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.