Thesaurus: backsliding

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Backslide
2. a. Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.
3. n. The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty.
4. n. a failure to maintain a higher state
5. Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. Jer. iii. 14. The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty. Our backslidings are many. Jer. xiv. 7.
6. Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. Jer. iii. 14.
7. n:100 n. a failure to maintain a higher state