Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Backsliding

Backsliding , adjective

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

Backsliding , noun

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