Backslide

['bækslaɪd]

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

Edited by Caleb

v. n. Apostatize, fall off, fall away, break faith.

Typist: Wesley

They'll have a day of fasting appointed for this backsliding, if you become a slaveholder! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Inputed by Claude