'Backslide' definitions:
Definition of 'backslide'
(from WordNet)
verb
Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards [syn: lapse, backslide]
Definition of 'Backslide'
From: GCIDE
- Backslide \Back"slide"\ (b[a^]k"sl[imac]d"; 277), v. i. [imp. Backslid; p. p. Backslidden, Backslid; p. pr. & vb. n. Backsliding.] [Back, adv. + slide.] To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'backslide'
From: Easton
- Backslide to draw back or apostatize in matters of religion (Acts 21:21; 2 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:1). This may be either partial (Prov. 14:14) or complete (Heb. 6:4-6; 10:38, 39). The apostasy may be both doctrinal and moral.
Synonyms of 'backslide'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- cock,
- defect,
- degenerate,
- desert,
- err,
- fall,
- fall again into,
- fall astern,
- fall away,
- fall back,
- fall behind,
- fall from grace,
- get behind,
- go astray,
- go backwards,
- go behind,
- go wrong,
- have a relapse,
- jerk back,
- lapse,
- lapse back,
- lose ground,
- pull back,
- recede,
- recidivate,
- recur to,
- regress,
- relapse,
- retrocede,
- retroflex,
- retrograde,
- retrogress,
- retrovert,
- return,
- return to,
- reverse,
- revert,
- revert to,
- sink back,
- slide back,
- slip,
- slip back,
- tergiversate,
- trip,
- turn,
- yield again to