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/ˈbakˌslīd/,
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backslid, past participle; backslides, 3rd person singular present; backslid, past tense; backslidden, past participle; backsliding, present participle;
  1. Relapse into bad ways or error
    • - converted vegetarians backslide to T-bones
    • - there would be no backsliding from the administration's sound policies
  1. a failure to maintain a higher state
  2. (backslide) lapse: drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
  3. Backsliding is a term used within Christianity to describe a process by which an individual who has converted to Christianity reverts to pre-conversion habits and/or lapses or falls into sin. ...
  4. An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense; sliding back
  5. (backslide) To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state; To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments
  6. (Backslide) A grind using only the back foot balancing carefully on the boot and frame. Usually the free foot is grabbed.
  7. (Backslide) To move backward in freefall relative to a neutral reference. Usually unintentional and undesirable, caused by poor body position.
  8. (Backslide) According to Wesleyan doctrine, the ability to fall from the born-again state because of sinning, as illustrated in Ezekiel 18:21-24.
  9. (Backslide) To draw back or apostatize in matters of religion (Act 21:21; Th2 2:3; Ti1 4:1). This may be either partial (Pro 14:14) or complete (Heb 6:4; Heb 10:38, Heb 10:39). The apostasy may be both doctrinal and moral.
  10. (Backslide) a grind in which the skater uses only the trailing skate; the free skate is normally grabbed.
  11. (Backslide) to revert to sin or wrongdoing, to lapse morally or in the practice of religion. "Backsliding" is a term found mainly in the Book of Jeremiah (2:19; 31:22; 49:4). It refers to the lapse of the nation of Israel into paganism and idolatry.
  12. (backslide) (1) AVOIDwg. (2) [V] touches FT to [B], PO up, and "slips and falls".
  13. The actions of a Christian who seems to be losing their faith or behaving in an "un-Christian" manner. (Backslider.)