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BACKSLIDING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A failure to maintain a higher state

Synonyms:

backsliding; lapse; lapsing; relapse; relapsing; reversion; reverting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("backsliding" is a kind of...):

failure (an act that fails)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "backsliding"):

recidivism (habitual relapse into crime)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb backslide

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