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backslide

verb

/ˈbækˌslaɪd/

Meaning

To relapse into bad habits, undesirable practices, or moral decline.

After months of progress, he began to backslide into old habits.

relapse, regress, fall back, deteriorate

improve, progress, advance

backslide into sin, backslide from progress, start to backslide

to criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner

to use force to try to harm a person, group, or place

to make something more complex or refined; to educate or develop in taste and manners

To refer to something briefly without giving much detail.

to remove from a couch or to release from being laid down (rare/archaic usage)

To exist in large numbers or amounts.