Back·slid·ing, a. Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. --Jer. iii. 14.
Back·slid·ing, n. The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty.
Our backslidings are many. --Jer. xiv. 7.
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Back·slide v. i. [imp. Backslid p. p. Backslidden Backslid; p. pr. & vb. n. Backsliding.] To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
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backsliding
n : a failure to maintain a higher state [syn: lapse, lapsing,
relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting]