Back"slid"ing, a.
Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord.
Jer. iii. 14.
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Back"slid"ing, n.
The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty.
Our backslidings are many.
Jer. xiv. 7.
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