Hypertext Webster Gateway: "backsliding"
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) 1.7 (wn)
backsliding
n : a failure to maintain a higher state [syn: {lapse}, {lapsing},
{recidivism}, {relapse}, {relapsing}, {reversion}, {reverting}]
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