backsliding Definition

lapsing, relapsing, reverting, relapse, lapse, reversion, recidivism, backtracking, slippage, regress, retrogression, regression, decline, rollback, setback, backlash, reversal, retrogressive, slowdown, reverse, retreat, drop, regressive, skid, downturn, recoil, decrease, recurrence, throwback, hindsight, backspace, kickback, fallback, retract, climb-down, retrocession, authoritarianism, protectionism, stalling, meddling, reengagement, complacency, soft pedaling, slackening, abuses, illiberalism, temporizing, bloodshed, slowing, pitchiness, discord, intransigency, immobilism, militarizing, russophobia, vacillation, democracy, repression, obstructionism, dissent, timidness, neglect, progress, hypocrisy, stonewalling, bellicosity, inaction, insincerity, impatience, diminution, glimmers, blinken, posturing, setbacks, pork barreling, weakening, diminishment, triumphalism, deterioration, equivocation, instability, revanchism, discouragement, fraying, unilateralism, unseemliness, squandering, corruption, democratization, irrationalism, degradation, nothingism, democratic, autocracy, pluralism, reassertion, dithering, cynicism, waffling, human rights,