About The Word Backslide
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Backslide
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What's The Definition Of Backslide?
[v] drop to a lower level; as in one's morals or standards
Synonyms | Synonyms for Backslide: lapse Related Terms | Find terms related to Backslide: cock | defect | degenerate | desert | err | fall | fall again into | fall astern | fall away | fall back | fall behind | fall from grace | get behind | go astray | go backwards | go behind | go wrong | have a relapse | jerk back | lapse | lapse back | lose ground | pull back | recede | recidivate | recur to | regress | relapse | retrocede | retroflex | retrograde | retrogress | retrovert | return | return to | reverse | revert | revert to | sink back | slide back | slip | slip back | tergiversate | trip | turn | yield again to See Also | drop away | drop off | fall away | slip Backslide In Webster's Dictionary \Back`slide"\, 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.
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