Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting(noun)

   a failure to maintain a higher state

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. backsliding(Noun)

   An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense

2. backsliding(Adjective)

   sliding back

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Backsliding

   of Backslide

2. Backsliding(adj)

   slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning

3. Backsliding(noun)

   the act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of backsliding in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of backsliding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Jonathan Schanzer:

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

2. Dan Becker:

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

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.

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