Definition of backsliding

adjective (a)

• Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning. (adjective)

  source: webster1913

noun (n)

• a failure to maintain a higher state (noun.act)

  Synonym: lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty. (noun)

  source: webster1913

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