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Backsliding — Back slid ing, a. Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning. [1913 Webster] Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. Jer. iii. 14. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Backsliding — Back slid ing, n. The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty. [1913 Webster] Our backslidings are many. Jer. xiv. 7. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
backsliding — index recidivism, recrudescence, regressive, relapse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
backsliding — n relapse, lapse (see under LAPSE vb) Analogous words: retrogressiveness or retrogression, retrogradation (see corresponding adjectives at BACKWARD): abandoning, deserting, forsaking (see ABANDON) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
backsliding — [[t]bæ̱kslaɪdɪŋ[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had… … English dictionary
backsliding — back|slid|ing [ bæk,slaıdıŋ ] noun uncount INFORMAL the lazy behavior of someone who goes back to doing something bad after not doing it for some time: I ve quit smoking again, and there ll be no backsliding this time. ╾ back|slid|er noun count … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
backsliding — UK [ˈbækˌslaɪdɪŋ] / US noun [uncountable] informal the lazy behaviour of someone who goes back to doing something bad after not doing it for some time I ve quit smoking again, and there ll be no backsliding this time. Derived word: backslider… … English dictionary
backsliding — backslide ► VERB (past backslid; past part. backslid or backslidden) ▪ relapse into bad ways. DERIVATIVES backslider noun backsliding noun … English terms dictionary
backsliding — 1. adjective sliding back 2. noun An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense … Wiktionary
backsliding — Synonyms and related words: Adamic, about face, amorality, apostasy, apostate, atheism, atheistic, backing, backset, backslide, backward motion, backward step, betrayal, blasphemous, bolt, breakaway, carnal, carnality, criminality, defection,… … Moby Thesaurus
