Backsliding
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Backsliding
verb
- To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
"He felt better for a little while, before his condition started to backslide."
- To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
"Rich countries are backsliding on their commitment to agree to new WTO measures to help people in poor countries gain access to affordable medicines. — Oxfam press release, 24 June 2002"
noun
- An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense
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