BACKSLIDING
backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
(noun) a failure to maintain a higher state
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
backsliding
present participle of backslide
Adjective
backsliding (comparative more backsliding, superlative most backsliding)
sliding back
Noun
backsliding (plural backslidings)
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense
Source: Wiktionary
Back"slid"ing, a.
Definition: Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. Jer. iii. 14.
Back"slid"ing, n.
Definition: The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty. Our backslidings are many. Jer. xiv. 7.
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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