Meaning of Backslide

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Backslide

1. 1
   v. i.

   To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.

2. 2
   v. i.

   To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.