backslide

  • 11backslide — verb (I) to start doing the bad things that you used to do, especially after having improved your behaviour: I haven t had a cigarette for two months, but recently I m afraid I ve begun to backslide. backslider noun (C) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12backslide — verb many things can cause dieters to backslide Syn: relapse, lapse, regress, weaken, lose one s resolve, give in to temptation, go astray, leave the straight and narrow, fall off the wagon Ant: persevere …

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  • 13Backslide — Backsliding is a term used within Christianity to describe a process by which an individual who has converted to Christianity reverts to pre conversion habits and practices. Within churches which teach Arminianism, backsliding is a state in which …

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  • 14Backslide — Ein Moonwalker in Madrid Der Moonwalk (engl. „Mondgang“) ist ein Tanzschritt, bei dem die Beinbewegungen das Vorwärtslaufen imitieren, die ausführende Person sich jedoch rückwärts bewegt. Soweit rekonstruierbar, liegen die Wurzeln des Moonwalks… …

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  • 15Backslide —    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 …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 16backslide — Synonyms and related words: cock, defect, degenerate, desert, err, fall, fall again into, fall astern, fall away, fall back, fall behind, fall from grace, get behind, go astray, go backwards, go behind, go wrong, have a relapse, jerk back, lapse …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 17backslide — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. apostatize, break faith, fall from grace; see relapse . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. slip, slide, sin, relapse, deviate, go astray, lapse, leave the straight and narrow, leave the path of righteousness. III (Roget s… …

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  • 18backslide — back|slide [ˌbækˈslaıd US ˈbækslaıd] v past tense and past participle backslid [ slıd] to start doing the bad things that you used to do, after having improved your behaviour >backslider[i] n …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19backslide — back slide || ‚bækslaɪd v. deteriorate; slide backwards; relapse into error, return to sin …

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  • 20backslide — verb (past backslid; past participle backslid or backslidden) relapse into bad ways. Derivatives backslider noun backsliding noun …

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