BACKSLIDE

Backslide. Backslide
To draw back or apostatize in matters of religion (Acts 21:21; 2 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:1). This may be either partial (Prov. 14:14) or complete (Heb. 6:4-6; 10:38, 39). The apostasy may be both doctrinal and moral.

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backslide. Backslide, v.i. backslide, pret. backslidden, pa. to fall off, depart from, apostitize

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Back″slide″ (–slīd″; 277), v. i. [imp. Backslid (�); p. p. Backslidden (�), Backslid; p. pr. & vb. n. Backsliding.] [[Back, adv. + slide.]] To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.