Bible Dictionaries
Backslide

Webster's Dictionary

(v. i.) To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Backslide'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/backslide.html. 1828.