Associations to the word «Backslid»

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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats