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backsliding

verb

Meaning

  1. To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
  2. To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
  3. An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense
  4. Sliding back

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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