An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
BACKSLIDE
lapse, backslide
(verb) drop to a lower level, as in one’s morals or standards
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
backslide (third-person singular simple present backslides, present participle backsliding, simple past backslided or backslid, past participle backslid or backslided or backslidden)
To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
Noun
backslide (plural backslides)
A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
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; later popularly called the moonwalk.
Source: Wiktionary
Back`slide", v. i. [imp. Backslid; p.p. Backslidden, Backslid; p. pr. & vb. n. Backsliding. ] Etym: [Back , adv.+ slide.]
Definition: To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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