Usually means: Returned to previous bad habits.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. backslidden: Merriam-Webster
  2. backslidden: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backslidden: Collins English Dictionary
  4. backslidden: Vocabulary.com
  5. backslidden: Wordnik
  6. backslidden: Wiktionary
  7. Backslidden, backslidden: Dictionary.com
  8. Backslidden: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Backslidden: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. backslidden: FreeDictionary.org
  11. backslidden: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. backslidden: Legal dictionary

(Note: See backslide as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (backslide)

verb:  (intransitive) To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
verb:  (transitive) To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
verb:  (Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.
noun:  A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
noun:  (dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
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