Definition of Backslides

1. Verb. (third-person singular of backslide) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Backslides

1. backslide [v] - See also: backslide

Lexicographical Neighbors of Backslides

backslap
backslapped
backslapper
backslappers
backslapping
backslaps
backslash
backslashed
backslashes
backslashing
backslid
backslidden
backslide
backslider
backsliders
backslides (current term)
backsliding
backslidings
backspace
backspace character
backspace key
backspaceable
backspaced
backspacer
backspaces
backspacing
backspin
backspinning
backspins
backsplash

Literary usage of Backslides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures on Revivals of Religion by Charles Grandison Finney (1835)
"When an individual backslides, if he continues in that way without reformation, sooner or later the very same thing will come upon him which he dreaded, ..."

2. Bushido, the Soul of Japan: An Exposition of Japanese Thought by Inazō Nitobe (1905)
"... its birthright of peace, and backslides from the front rank of industrialism into the file of ..."

3. Christianizing the Social Order by Walter Rauschenbusch (1912)
"So the poor fellow backslides. Suppose a millionaire has been at a meeting where he has caught a vision of a new order of business, ..."

4. The Social Principles of Jesus by Walter Rauschenbusch (1916)
"It is worse yet if a man whose name has long been a guarantee for his message, backslides and brings doubt upon all his previous professions. ..."

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