1. A failure to maintain a higher state
   - lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting

1. Drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
   - lapse

Derived forms: backslidings

See also: backslider

Type of: drop away, drop off, failure, fall away, slip

Encyclopedia: Backslide

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