Meaning of BACKSLIDE
| Pronunciation: | | 'bak`slId
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[v] drop to a lower level; as in one's morals or standards |
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BACKSLIDE is a 9 letter word that starts with B. |
| | Synonyms: | | lapse |
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| | See Also: | | drop away, drop off, fall away, slip | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Back`slide"\, 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.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | 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. |
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| Thesaurus Terms |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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