Backsliding

Back"slid"ing, a.

Defn: Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. Jer. iii. 14.

Back"slid"ing, n.

Defn: The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty. Our backslidings are many. Jer. xiv. 7.