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Webster 1913 Edition


Backsliding

Back′slid′ing

,
Adj.
Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.
Turn, O
backsliding
children, saith the Lord.
Jer. iii. 14.

Back′slid′ing

,
Noun.
The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty.
Our
backslidings
are many.
Jer. xiv. 7.

Webster 1828 Edition


Backsliding

BACKSLI'DING

,
Noun.
The act of apostatizing from faith or practice; a falling insensibly from religion into sin or idolatry. Jer. v.6.