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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Backslide \Back`slide"\, v. i. [imp. {Backslid}; p. p. {Backslidden}, {Backslid}; p. pr & vb n. {Backsliding}.] [Back, adv + slide.] To slide back to fall away esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: backslide v : drop to a lower level; as in one's morals or standards [syn: {lapse}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Backslide to draw back or apostatize in matters of religion (Acts 21:21; 2 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:1). This may be either partial (Prov. 14:14) or complete (Heb. 6:4-6; 10:38, 39). The apostasy may be both doctrinal and moral.
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