Hypertext Webster Gateway: "backslide"
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.
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) 1.7 (wn)
backslide
v : drop to a lower level; as in one's morals or standards [syn:
{lapse}]
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