The Collaborative International Dictionary
Backslidden
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
backslidden
vb. (past participle of backslide English)
WordNet
backslide
v. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards [syn: lapse]
[also: backslidden, backslid]
backslidden
See backslide
Usage examples of "backslidden".
I had now to this extent “backslidden” from this point in the slave’s religious creed.
I had become lukewarm and in a backslidden state, but I was still convinced that it was my duty to join the Methodist church.
My experience in regeneration was then clear and spiritual, and I had not backslidden.