Definitions for backslider
back·slid·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. recidivist, backslider, reversionistnoun

   someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. backslidernoun

   A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.

2. Etymology: From backslide.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Backslidernoun

   An apostate.

   Etymology: from backslide.

   The backslider in heart shall be filled. Prov. xiv. 14.

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1. backslider

   Backsliding, also known as falling away or described as "committing apostasy", is a term used within Evangelical Christianity to describe a process by which an individual who has converted to Christianity reverts to pre-conversion habits and/or lapses or falls into sin, when a person turns from God to pursue their own desire. To revert to sin or wrongdoing, especially in religious practice, someone lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior. To be faithful, thus to believe backsliding is a reversion, in principle upholds the Apostle Paul’s condition in salvation: "If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9 (TNIV). In Christianity, within the Roman Catholic Church as well as those denominations which teach Arminianism such as the Methodist Churches, backsliding is a state which any free-willed believer is capable of adopting. This belief is rejected by Calvinists endorsing the perseverance of the saints doctrine. In these denominations, it is taught that the backslidden individual is in danger of eventually going to Hell if he does not repent (see Conditional security). Historically, backsliding was considered a trait of the Biblical Israel which would turn from the Abrahamic God to follow idols. In the New Testament church (see Acts of the Apostles and Christianity in the 1st century), the story of the Prodigal Son has become a representation of a backslider who repented.Alternatively, doctrinal evidence in the Old Testament suggests that backsliding is meant for Jews and not for Christians. This is supported by verses in Jeremiah, notably 8:5, which says, "Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return." However, the latter (or person of any faith) can use backsliding in a spiritual sense.Backsliding, or sometimes entropa, is also used by Buddhists and Zen practitioners, there is optimism in making oneself resolved in following a way and in practice; "Making a resolve, even if we fall down, generates its own merit which will bear fruit in our future success if we do not give up."

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1. backslider

   A backslider is a person who reverts back to their old habits, customs, or practices, especially in terms of self-discipline or morally or religiously questionable behaviors, after making an attempt to change, or after committing to a personal, moral, or religious reform. It usually refers to someone who falls back into the negative behaviors he or she has previously overcome. In religious context, it primarily refers to a person who lapses into previous sinful behavior.

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1. Backslidernoun

   one who backslides

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of backslider in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of backslider in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=backslider
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Backslider
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=backslider
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backslider
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backslider
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=backslider