I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ also (ˈ) ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ intransitive verb
( backslid ; backslid or backslidden ; backsliding ; backslides )
Etymology: back (II) + slide
: to fall away or relapse from a previously adopted faith, position, or line of conduct
when an earnest Christian encounters one who has backslidden — A.J.Russell
had backslid so far as to bargain with the infidel — Time
: revert to an earlier and worse condition : retrogress , decline
a world that … had certainly backslidden in the ways of culture — V.L.Parrington
II. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
: the act or an instance of backsliding
a moral backslide — New Republic