backslider
(noun)
noun
1. someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
Similar word(s): recidivist, reversionist
Definition categories: person, offender, wrongdoer
Sentences with backslider as a noun:
- 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.