In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
BACKSLIDER
recidivist, backslider, reversionist
(noun) someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
backslider (plural backsliders)
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
Anagrams
• blackrides
Source: Wiktionary
Back"slid"er, n.
Definition: One who backslides.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUCH
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