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back·slide (-slīd′)

intransitive verb backslid -·slid′ (-slid′), backslid -·slid′ or backslidden -·slid′·den (-slid′'n), backsliding -·slid′·ing

to slide backward in morals or religious enthusiasm; become less virtuous, less pious, etc.

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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