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Backsliding

Backsliding Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Backsliding? [n] a failure to maintain a higher state Synonyms \| Synonyms for Backsliding: lapse \| lapsing \| relapse \| relapsing \| reversion \| reverting Related Terms \| Find terms related to Backsliding: about-face \| Adamic \| amorality \| apostasy \| apostate \| atheism \| atheistic \| backing \| backset \| backslide \| backward motion \| backward step \| betrayal \| blasphemous \| bolt \| breakaway \| carnal \| carnality \| criminality \| defection \| delinquency \| desertion \| disenchantment \| disloyalty \| erring \| evil \| evil nature \| faithlessness \| fall \| fall from grace \| fallen \| fallen from grace \| fleshly \| flip-flop \| frail \| going over \| immorality \| impiety \| impious \| impiousness \| impure \| impurity \| infirm \| irreligion \| irreligious \| irreverence \| irreverent \| lapse \| lapse from grace \| lapsed \| lapsing \| moral delinquency \| of easy virtue \| peccability \| peccable \| postlapsarian \| prodigal \| prodigality \| profanatory \| profane \| ratting \| reaction \| recession \| recidivation \| recidivism \| recidivist \| recidivistic \| recidivous \| reclamation \| reconversion \| recreancy \| recreant \| recrudescent \| reentry \| refluence \| reflux \| regress \| regression \| regressive \| rehabilitation \| reinstatement \| relapse \| relapsing \| renegade \| restitution \| restoration \| retroaction \| retrocession \| retroflexion \| retrogradation \| retrogression \| retroversion \| retrusion \| return \| returning \| reversal \| reverse \| reversion \| reverting \| revulsion \| rollback \| sacrilegious \| secession \| setback \| slipping back \| sternway \| throwback \| treason \| turn \| turnabout \| turning traitor \| unangelic \| unangelicalness \| unchaste \| unchastity \| unclean \| uncleanness \| undutiful \| undutifulness \| ungodliness \| ungodly \| ungood \| ungoodness \| unmorality \| unrighteous \| unrighteousness \| unsaintliness \| unsaintly \| unvirtuous \| unvirtuousness \| vice \| viciousness \| virtueless \| wanton \| wantonness \| wayward \| waywardness \| weak \| wrongdoing See Also \| failure \| recidivism Backsliding In Webster's Dictionary \Back"slid"ing\, a. Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. --Jer. iii. 14. \Back"slid"ing\, n. The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty. Our backslidings are many. --Jer. xiv. 7.

Backsliding Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Backsliding?

[n] a failure to maintain a higher state

See Also | failure | recidivism

Backsliding In Webster's Dictionary

\Back"slid"ing\, a.
Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.

      Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. --Jer.
                                               iii. 14.


\Back"slid"ing\, n.
The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty.

      Our backslidings are many.               --Jer. xiv. 7.

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