Definitions for: Backsliding

[n] a failure to maintain a higher state

Webster (1913) Definition: Back"slid"ing, a.
Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. --Jer.
iii. 14.

Back"slid"ing, n.
The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty.

Our backslidings are many. --Jer. xiv. 7.

Synonyms: lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting

See Also: failure, recidivism