Almost cried going back to the seat (3)
I believe the answer is:
pew
'the seat' is the definition.
(pew is a kind of seat)
'almost cried going back' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'cried' becomes 'wept' ('weep' can be a synonym of 'cry').
'going back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'wept' with its last letter taken off is 'wep'.
'wep' back-to-front is 'PEW'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for pew that I've seen before include "Part of flock sitting here" , "Bench-like seat in a church" , "Long church seat" , "Long bench in a church" , "Where some of the flock rest" .)