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backslide [ˈbækˌslaɪd] vb -slides, -sliding, -slid ; -slid, -slidden
(intr) to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc backslider n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Self-Creation and Communal Participation: What I've Learned from Walter Rauschenbusch's Backslidden Grandson, Dick Rorty," paper presented at the Young Center of Elizabethtown College (Elizabethtown, PA, 2001), 4. However, I must limit my attention in this essay to what I have learned about the dance of self-creation and social solidarity or hope from the secular eschatology of Walter Rauschenbusch's backslidden grandson, Dick Rorty. |
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