Crossword clues for backslid
backslid
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Backslide \Back"slide"\ (b[a^]k"sl[imac]d"; 277), v. i. [imp. Backslid; p. p. Backslidden, Backslid; p. pr. & vb. n. Backsliding.] [Back, adv. + slide.] To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: backslide)
WordNet
v. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards [syn: lapse]
[also: backslidden, backslid]
See backslide
Usage examples of "backslid".
A man who recanted under torture was unlikely to backslide soon, and in time he might forget Aten, or at least find other interests.
It would never do to git down at the heel in these matters, 'cause the poorest timber in the market is yer old backsliders.
Growther's wrinkled visage worked curiously, and at last he said in a tone and manner that betokened the deepest distress: "I'm awfully afeerd you're a-backslidin'.
If he's backslid agin, nothin' but my little, peaked-faced chap will ever bring him around a nuther time.
Baron Jordan Teague hadn't backslid so much as to reveal his addiction openly to his underlings.
One of the significant "backsliders," as we called them, who had been brought back to the Family by Hopie's personal initiative was an extremely talented young man named Gabriel.
All three groups have backslid in civilization and appear to be dying out, but for different behavioral reasons.
Proud of their culture, their noble heritage, and their independence, the N'Taians had no wish to traffic with the Federacy, which they saw as a sort of lowest common culture trying to reunite the backslid races.