backslid
Returned to sin
Backslid is the past tense of backslide, meaning to relapse into bad habits, sinful behavior, or a worse condition after a period of improvement.
The word comes from religious contexts describing someone who has fallen away from faith: He backslid into drinking after two years sober.
The past participle can be backslid or backslidden.
Abandon one's religion
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
- faithTrust without proof
- renounceFormally give up
- forsakeAbandon completely
abandon · defect · heresy · unbelief · doubt · wayward · prodigal · fallen
Brief failure or expiration
- sinViolation of divine law
- transgressViolate a boundary
- strayWander from course
- fallDescend under gravity
temptation · weakness · failing · wayward · err · succumb · yield · stumble
Revert to earlier state
- revertReturn to earlier condition
- declineDecrease or refuse
- retrogressDecline to prior condition
- worsenBecome more severe
deteriorate · slip · setback · reversal · retreat · recede · fall-back · undo
Return to former illness
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
craving · slip · recidivism · binge · recovery · withdrawal · dependency · rehabilitation
apostatize
Abandon one's religion
forsake · abandon · defect · heresy · unbelief · doubt · wayward · prodigal · fallen · stray
lapse
Brief failure or expiration
- sinViolation of divine law
- transgressViolate a boundary
- strayWander from course
fall · temptation · weakness · failing · wayward · err · succumb · yield · stumble · falter
regress
Revert to earlier state
- revertReturn to earlier condition
- declineDecrease or refuse
- retrogressDecline to prior condition
worsen · deteriorate · slip · setback · reversal · retreat · recede · fall-back · undo · rollback
relapse
Return to former illness
- addictionCompulsive substance reliance
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
temptation · craving · slip · recidivism · binge · recovery · withdrawal · dependency · rehabilitation · twelve-step
revert
Return to earlier condition
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- behaviorManner of conducting oneself
tendency · recurrence · repeat · cycle · default · return · resume · fall-back · familiar · rut
backslidpersevered
Continued despite difficulty
adhered · followed through · obeyed · followed · complied
backslidpersisted
Continued despite difficulty
endured · pressed on · soldiered on · pushed through · doubled down