'Backslidden' definitions:

Definition of 'Backslidden'

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Backslide \Back"slide"\ (b[a^]k"sl[imac]d"; 277), 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. [1913 Webster]