backslidden
back·slide
(băk′slīd′)intr.v. back·slid (-slĭd′), back·slid·ing, back·slides
To revert to bad habits or lapse in religious practice.
back′slid′er n.
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backslide
(ˈbækˌslaɪd)vb, -slides, -sliding, -slid, -slid or -slidden
(intr) to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc
ˈbackˌslider n
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back•slide
(ˈbækˌslaɪd)v. -slid, -slid -slid•den, -slid•ing, v.i.
1. to relapse into bad habits, sinful behavior, or undesirable activities.
n.2. an instance of backsliding.
[1575–85]
back′slid`er, n.
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backslide
Past participle: backslid
Gerund: backsliding
| Imperative |
|---|
| backslide |
| backslide |
| Present |
|---|
| I backslide |
| you backslide |
| he/she/it backslides |
| we backslide |
| you backslide |
| they backslide |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I backslid |
| you backslid |
| he/she/it backslid |
| we backslid |
| you backslid |
| they backslid |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am backsliding |
| you are backsliding |
| he/she/it is backsliding |
| we are backsliding |
| you are backsliding |
| they are backsliding |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have backslid |
| you have backslid |
| he/she/it has backslid |
| we have backslid |
| you have backslid |
| they have backslid |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was backsliding |
| you were backsliding |
| he/she/it was backsliding |
| we were backsliding |
| you were backsliding |
| they were backsliding |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had backslid |
| you had backslid |
| he/she/it had backslid |
| we had backslid |
| you had backslid |
| they had backslid |
| Future |
|---|
| I will backslide |
| you will backslide |
| he/she/it will backslide |
| we will backslide |
| you will backslide |
| they will backslide |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have backslid |
| you will have backslid |
| he/she/it will have backslid |
| we will have backslid |
| you will have backslid |
| they will have backslid |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be backsliding |
| you will be backsliding |
| he/she/it will be backsliding |
| we will be backsliding |
| you will be backsliding |
| they will be backsliding |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been backsliding |
| you have been backsliding |
| he/she/it has been backsliding |
| we have been backsliding |
| you have been backsliding |
| they have been backsliding |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been backsliding |
| you will have been backsliding |
| he/she/it will have been backsliding |
| we will have been backsliding |
| you will have been backsliding |
| they will have been backsliding |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been backsliding |
| you had been backsliding |
| he/she/it had been backsliding |
| we had been backsliding |
| you had been backsliding |
| they had been backsliding |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would backslide |
| you would backslide |
| he/she/it would backslide |
| we would backslide |
| you would backslide |
| they would backslide |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have backslid |
| you would have backslid |
| he/she/it would have backslid |
| we would have backslid |
| you would have backslid |
| they would have backslid |
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backslide
verb relapse, slip, weaken, go wrong, stray, lapse, revert to old habits, fall back, degenerate, slip back to old ways, regress, go astray, retrogress Keep these things in mind to help prevent you from backsliding.
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backslide
verbTo slip from a higher or better condition to a former, usually lower or poorer one:
A slipping from a higher or better condition to a lower or poorer one:
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Translations
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
backslide
[ˈbækslaɪd] vi → retomber dans l'erreur
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
backslide
vi. resbalar o caer hacia atrás.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012