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    backsliding
    /ˈbakslʌɪdɪŋ/

    noun

    • 1. the action of relapsing into bad ways or error: "one of the best ways to avoid backsliding into destructive habits is to join a support group"

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  3. Backslide means to go back to doing something bad when you have been doing something good, or to return to old, often bad, habits. See how to use this verb in sentences and compare it with related words and phrases.

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  4. to lapse morally or in the practice of religion; to revert to a worse condition : retrogress… See the full definition

  5. Jan 4, 2022 · A backslider is someone who is going the wrong way, spiritually. He is regressing rather than progressing. The backslider had at one time demonstrated a commitment to Christ or maintained a certain standard of behavior, but he has since reverted to old ways.

  6. backsliding. If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing. ...the government's backsliding on free market reforms.

  7. to go back to doing something bad when you have been doing something good, especially to stop working hard or to fail to do something that you had agreed to do: My diet was going well, but I've been backsliding a little recently. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Deteriorating and making worse.

  8. Definitions of 'backsliding' If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing. [disapproval] [...] More. Pronunciations of 'backsliding'

  9. backslide in British English. (ˈbækˌslaɪd ) verb Word forms: -slides, -sliding, -slid, -slid or -slidden. (intransitive) to lapse into bad habits or vices from a state of virtue, religious faith, etc. Collins English Dictionary.

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