Synonyms for backsliding
back·slid·ing

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1. backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, revertingnoun

   a failure to maintain a higher state

   Synonyms:
   reversal, atavism, lapse, oversight, turnaround, relapsing, regress, lapsing, throwback, regression, turnabout, reverse, reverting, relapse, retrogression, reversion, retroversion

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1. • Failure

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1. backslidingnoun

   Synonyms:
   apostasy

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1. backslidingadjective

   Synonyms:
   apostate, renegade, retrogressive, recidivous, recreant, unfaithful

2. backslidingnoun

   Synonyms:
   apostasy, defection, relapse, recidivism, recreancy, retrogradation

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1. List of paraphrases for "backsliding":

   retrogression, relapse, regression, backspace, recidivism, setback

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How to use backsliding in a sentence?

1. Dan Becker:

   We can't accept backsliding or loopholes that undermine their success just to put more gas-guzzlers on the road.

2. Jonathan Schanzer:

   Turkey has been backsliding into a dangerous blend of authoritarianism and Islamism.

3. Jane Fondalikes to toke:

   I’ve found myself backsliding a bit of late in terms of where my thoughts have tended to reside (not always with the generosity of vision I wish for) and my confidence has been iffy for the past four months, so, while meditating today, an idea came to me: I’m going to create a shrine to myself —or, at least, the self I wish to be, the self who began to manifest when I was a young girl before the s**t hit the fan.