'Backsliding' definitions:

Definition of 'backsliding'

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noun
A failure to maintain a higher state [syn: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting]

Definition of 'Backsliding'

From: GCIDE
  • Backsliding \Back"slid"ing\, n. The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty. [1913 Webster]
  • Our backslidings are many. --Jer. xiv. 7. [1913 Webster] backspace

Definition of 'Backsliding'

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 'Backsliding'

From: GCIDE
  • Backsliding \Back"slid"ing\, a. Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning. [1913 Webster]
  • Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. --Jer. iii. 14. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'backsliding'

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