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Backsliding
see synonyms of backslidingNoun
1. backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
a failure to maintain a higher state
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Backsliding
see synonyms of backslidingnoun
a return to former bad habits or vices from a state of virtue
the government's backsliding on free market reforms
This may help to maintain the gains you've made and to prevent backsliding.
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Backsliding
see synonyms of backslidingintr.v. back·slid (-slĭd′), back·slid·ing, back·slides
To revert to bad habits or lapse in religious practice.
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