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4 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Backsliding \Back"slid"ing\, a. Slipping back falling back into sin or error; sinning. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. --Jer. iii. 14. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Backsliding \Back"slid"ing\, n. The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty. Our backslidings are many --Jer. xiv. 7. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: backsliding n : a failure to maintain a higher state [syn: {lapse}, {lapsing}, {recidivism}, {relapse}, {relapsing}, {reversion}, {reverting}]
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