backsliding

back·slide

B0014900 (băk′slīd′)intr.v. back·slid (-slĭd′), back·slid·ing, back·slides To revert to bad habits or lapse in religious practice.

---

back′slid′er n.

backsliding

(ˈbækslaɪdɪŋ) na return to former bad habits or vices from a state of virtue

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

backsliding - a failure to maintain a higher statelapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting, lapse, reversionfailure - an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"recidivism - habitual relapse into crime

backsliding

nounA slipping from a higher or better condition to a lower or poorer one:backslide, lapse, recidivation, recidivism, relapse.

Translations

ricaduta