backslide
backslide
Definition
back·slide (-slīd′)
intransitive verb -·slid′-slid′, -·slid′ or -·slid′·den-slid′'n, -·slid′·ing
to slide backward in morals or religious enthusiasm; become less virtuous, less pious, etc.
back′·slid′er noun
backslide
Synonyms
backslide
Usage Examples
Object
- quot: Only percent of policy backsliding quot to offer programs.
- child: The public cleansing of a leper pictures the restoration of a backslidden child of God ( Lev. xiv.
- daughter: How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter?
- cost: Yes, he was saved but what a price his backsliding cost him.
Modifying Another Word
- not: I wonder if there has ever been a day when I have not backslidden from the King's Highway.
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