backsliding

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backsliding

Rhymes with -aɪdɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of backslide

adjective more backsliding · most backsliding

sliding back

noun backslidings

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

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@misc{backsliding_2026,
  title = {backsliding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/backsliding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}