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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:

Back·slid·ing

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a.

Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning.

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord.
Jer. iii. 14.

Back·slid·ing
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The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty.

Our backslidings are many.
Jer. xiv. 7.
Roget's Thesaurus:

backsliding

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noun

    A slipping from a higher or better condition to a lower or poorer one: backslide, lapse, recidivation, recidivism, relapse. See better/worse, repetition.

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