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backslider

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
    She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
  2. noun One who will not do his work or shoulder his responsibilities.

Similar words

recidivist reversionist relapse loser backstabbee backtalker backbite crossback reprobate recreant

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in from and is who to was of inflicted

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