Associations to the word «Backslider»

Wiktionary

BACKSLIDER, noun. A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.

Dictionary definition

BACKSLIDER, noun. Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke