BACKSLIDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backslider mean? 

• BACKSLIDER (noun)
  The noun BACKSLIDER has 1 sense:

1. someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior

  Familiarity information: BACKSLIDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACKSLIDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

backslider; recidivist; reversionist

Hypernyms ("backslider" is a kind of...):

offender; wrongdoer (a person who transgresses moral or civil law)

Derivation:

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