back-slider:

(also with the spelling ‘backslider’; plural: ‘backsliders‘)

Azerbaijan and its President, Iham Aliyeu, called 'world's worst backsliders on press freedom'

a person who gives up (or not practise any more) morals, especially in a religion; a reversionist;

a person who goes back into the bad past life — taking up the bad or harmful habits which were given up in the past;

a recidivist; a turncoat,

e.g.

Most of the politicians and leaders come to power as reformers but eventually become back-sliders.

There is no specific law to punish religious backsliders.

Nadeen is such a backslider that not even his family members trust him.

For an interesting article on black-sliders, please click here.

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