backsliding

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English

Definitions

verb

To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.“He felt better for a little while, before his condition started to backslide.”
To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.“Rich countries are backsliding on their commitment to agree to new WTO measures to help people in poor countries gain access to affordable medicines. — Oxfam press release, 24 June 2002”

noun

An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense

adjective

Sliding back

Related words

Synonyms

relapse relapsing reversion recidivism lapse lapsing reverting backtracking retrogression recoil retrogressive retract regress regressive fallback regression

Rhymes

abiding providing chiding gliding striding coinciding guiding deriding presiding hiding

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