Backslidden

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  • v. Past participle of backslide
  • Word Usage
    "I can still see the tears streaming down my father’s cheeks when I convinced him that his so-called backslidden parents, both of them Pentecostal preachers, were not being eternally tortured in the fires of hell."
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    drop away    fall away    slip    drop-off   
    Cross Reference
    apostatize    relapse    desert   
    Variant
    backslid    backslidden   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    slide    lapse    fall    revert    weaken