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Backslide

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-intransitive. To revert to sin or wrongdoing, especially in religious practice.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.

v. To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

verb-intransitive. To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To slide back, in a figurative sense; apostatize; turn from the faith; depart from or abandon religious principles or practices.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

Word Usage

"I find in myself a natural aversion to my duty, and to spiritual and divine exercises, and a propensity to that which is evil, such an inclination towards the world and the flesh as amounts to a propensity to backslide from the living"

Verb Form

backslidden backslides backsliding

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

drop away fall away slip drop-off

Cross Reference

apostatize relapse desert

Variant

backslid backslidden

Form

backslid backslidden backsliding

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

slide lapse fall revert weaken