BACKSLID

BACKSLIDE

lapse, backslide

(verb) drop to a lower level, as in one’s morals or standards

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

backslid

simple past tense and past participle of backslide

Source: Wiktionary


BACKSLIDE

Back`slide", v. i. [imp. Backslid; p.p. Backslidden, Backslid; p. pr. & vb. n. Backsliding. ] Etym: [Back , adv.+ slide.]

Definition: To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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3 June 2025

OWNER

(noun) (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; “he is the owner of a chain of restaurants”


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