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Backslide   Listen
verb
Backslide  v. i.  (past backslid; past part. backslidden; pres. part. backsliding)  To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Backslide" Quotes from Famous Books



... it? He was a West Pointer, was he? Well, then, the backsliding was natural, and oughtn't to count against him. A member of Benny Haven's church has a right to backslide anywhere, especially as the Colonel doesn't seem to be any worse than some of the rest of us, who haven't fallen from grace the least particle, but took our stand at the start just where we are now. A fellow that begins with a handful of trumps has a right ...
— The Brigade Commander • J. W. Deforest



Words linked to "Backslide" :   drop off, lapse, fall away, drop away, slip



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