Backslider
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
One who backslides.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
One who backslides.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
recidivist
; one who
backslides
, especially in a
religious
sense; an
apostate
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
Word Usage
"Henry has been called a backslider because of the lenity of his counsels, but I cannot but think it is the Spirit of Christ that influences him."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
offender
wrongdoer
Same Context
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