'Backslide' definitions:

Definition of 'backslide'

From: WordNet
verb
Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards [syn: lapse, backslide]

Definition of 'Backslide'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Backslide'

From: Easton
  • Backslide to draw back or apostatize in matters of religion (Acts 21:21; 2 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:1). This may be either partial (Prov. 14:14) or complete (Heb. 6:4-6; 10:38, 39). The apostasy may be both doctrinal and moral.

Synonyms of 'backslide'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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