Backsliding synonyms
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A slipping from a higher or better condition to a lower or poorer one
(Law) The termination or forfeiture of a right or privilege through disuse, through failure of some contingency, or through failure to meet stated obligations within a stated time
The recurrence of a disease after apparent improvement
better (related)
Advantage
repetition (related)
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a failure to maintain a higher state
(Genetics) A return to the normal phenotype, usually by a second mutation.
a failure to maintain a higher state
unangelic
Not of or pertaining to angels; nonangelic.
unsaintly
Not saintly.
virtueless
Lacking virtue.
retrusion
The act of retruding, or the state of being retruded.
ungood
(Intransitive) To become worse; to get worse; to deteriorate.
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To fall, sink, or collapse, esp. suddenly or heavily
To hold back, suppress, or conceal (evidence, identity, personal interests, etc.)
Having a brief, regularly occurring, apparently backward movement in the sky as viewed from Earth against the background of fixed stars. Retrograde movement of the planets is caused by the differing orbital velocities of Earth and the body observed. For example, the outer planets normally appear to drift gradually eastward in the sky in relation to the fixed stars; that is, they appear night after night to fall a little farther behind the neighboring stars in their westward passage across the sky. However, at certain times a particular planet appears briefly to speed up and move westward a bit more quickly than the neighboring stars. This happens as Earth, in its faster inner orbit, overtakes and passes the planet in its slower outer orbit; the appearance of moving counter to its usual eastward drift is thus simply the result of perspective as seen from Earth.
(Intransitive) To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word.
Regress means to go back to a worse or less developed state.
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To become less; decrease:
To fall or lie down heavily and noisily:
To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
(Informal) To fail, esp. after a successful beginning
To move uncertainly or unsteadily; totter; stumble
To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
(Archaic) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
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(Football) To move back from the line of scrimmage. Used of a quarterback.
To fall away or back; decline or recede.
To diminish or impair in quality, character, or value:
To leave empty or alone; abandon.
To fall below a normal or desirable state, especially functionally or morally; deteriorate:
bettering (related)
To surpass or exceed:
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