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  • 21backslide — v. n. Apostatize, fall off, fall away, break faith …

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  • 22backslide — v 1. relapse, recidivate, revert, regress, retrogress, retrograde, fall behind, slip, trip, slide, fall back into, take a step backwards; lapse, leave the straight and narrow, go wrong, go astray, break the faith, fall from grace, sin; worsen,… …

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  • 23backslide — back•slide [[t]ˈbækˌslaɪd[/t]] v. slid, slid slid•den, slid•ing 1) to relapse into bad habits, sinful behavior, or undesirable activities 2) an instance of backsliding • Etymology: 1575–85 back′slid er, n …

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  • 24backslide — /ˈbækslaɪd / (say baksluyd), /bækˈslaɪd / (say bak sluyd) verb (i) (backslid, backslidden, backsliding) 1. to relapse into error or sin. –noun 2. an act or instance of backsliding. –backslider, noun –backsliding, noun …

  • 25backslide —   Ho i hope …

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  • 26backslide — v.intr. (past slid; past part. slid or slidden) relapse into bad ways or error. Derivatives: backslider n …

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  • 27Backslid — Backslide Back slide (b[a^]k sl[imac]d ; 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… …

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  • 28Backslid — Backslide Back slide (b[a^]k sl[imac]d ; 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… …

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  • 29Backslidden — Backslide Back slide (b[a^]k sl[imac]d ; 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… …

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  • 30Backsliding — Backslide Back slide (b[a^]k sl[imac]d ; 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… …

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