backslider
111traitor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. betrayer, turncoat, renegade, deserter, conspirator; in former, Judas, fifth columnist, quisling. See evildoer. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. betrayer, traducer, deserter, renegade, Judas, quisling,… …
112deserter — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. runaway, fugitive, refugee, escapee, truant, defector, derelict, delinquent, apostate, lawbreaker, betrayer, traitor, renegade, turncoat, backslider, recreant, slacker, shirker, rat; see also traitor . II (Roget s 3… …
113hypocrite — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pretender, fraud, faker, dissembler, deceiver, casuist, charlatan, poseur, poser, pharisee, bigot, quack, tartuffe, backslider, whited sepulcher, sham, actor, cheat, informer, trickster, one given to hypocrisy, sophist,… …
114backslide — back|slide [ˌbækˈslaıd US ˈbækslaıd] v past tense and past participle backslid [ slıd] to start doing the bad things that you used to do, after having improved your behaviour >backslider[i] n …
115backslide — (v.) in the religious sense, 1580s, from BACK (Cf. back) (adj.) + SLIDE (Cf. slide) (v.). Related: Backslider; backsliding (1550s) …
116slider — n British a shirker, idler. Probably a clipped form of the word backslider , this late 1990s usage was defined on the Internet by Bodge World in February 1997 as someone who manages to get out of doing work …
117backslide — verb (past backslid; past participle backslid or backslidden) relapse into bad ways. Derivatives backslider noun backsliding noun …
118deserter — n. 1. Forsaker, abandoner. 2. Backslider, renegade, apostate, revolter, turncoat. 3. Delinquent soldier, renegade from military service …
119renegade — n. 1. Apostate, backslider, renegado, recreant, turncoat. 2. Deserter, revolter, rebel, traitor. 3. Vagabond, worthless fellow …
120turncoat — n. Apostate, renegade, backslider, deserter …
