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Grammar : Noun
Spell : bak-slahyd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbækˌslaɪd



Definition of backslider

Origin :
  • in the religious sense, 1580s, from back (adj.) + slide (v.). Related: Backslider; backsliding (1550s).
  • As in renegade : noun person who is rebellious
  • As in traitor : noun person who is disloyal
  • As in fallen angel : noun angel cast out of heaven
  • As in tartuffe : noun hypocrite
  • As in deserter : noun fugitive from responsibility
  • As in apostate : noun traitor
  • As in hypocrite : noun person who pretends, is deceitful
Example sentences :
  • Why, Zeke Bassett and the rest have been finding fault with her and calling her a backslider.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • But he was leaning on a broken reed, for Beta was himself a backslider.
  • Extract from : « George Muller of Bristol » by Arthur T. Pierson
  • Yes, he's my dog if he is a backslider, and that settles it.
  • Extract from : « Flamsted quarries » by Mary E. Waller
  • Accordingly, the next day he was on the lookout for the backslider.
  • Extract from : « Bert Wilson on the Gridiron » by J. W. Duffield
  • Is that love which trusts not and is not ready to share the lot even of the backslider?
  • Extract from : « The Bride of the Nile, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • He set his teeth together and cursed himself for a fool and a backslider.
  • Extract from : « In the Wilderness » by Robert Hichens
  • Consider, that there is none that so much dishonoureth God as a backslider.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 2 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
  • Could his pupil have become a backslider in the last two years?
  • Extract from : « The Decadent » by Ralph Adams Cram
  • No backslider after gross sin may be readmitted till after three months.
  • Extract from : « The Religious Life of London » by J. Ewing Ritchie
  • She was a backslider and put off her return to God and kept putting it off.
  • Extract from : « Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler » by Rev. Gross Alexander

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