BACKSLIDE (backslid, backslidden)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: backslid    , backslidden   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does backslide mean? 

• BACKSLIDE (verb)
  The verb BACKSLIDE has 1 sense:

1. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

  Familiarity information: BACKSLIDE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACKSLIDE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they backslide    ... he / she / it backslides   
Past simple: backslid   
Past participle: backslid    / backslidden   
-ing form: backsliding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

backslide; lapse

Hypernyms (to "backslide" is one way to...):

drop away; drop off; fall away; slip (get worse)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

backslider (someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior)