Bible Dictionaries
Backsliding

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty.

(2):

(a.) Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.

(3):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Backslide

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Backsliding'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/backsliding.html. 1828.