backslide : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: backslide	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for backslide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backslide v drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards Synonym(s): lapse, backslide
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backslide \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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [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.