verb🔗ShareTo regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state."He felt better for a little while, before his condition started to backslide."tendencyactionnegativeconditioncharactermoralbeingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments."Rich countries are backsliding on their commitment to agree to new WTO measures to help people in poor countries gain access to affordable medicines. — Oxfam press release, 24 June 2002"moralcharacteractiontendencyattitudebusinessvaluesocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense"After months of sobriety, his backsliding last weekend, when he had a few drinks at the party, worried his family. "moralreligioncharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareSliding back"His backsliding grades worried his parents. "tendencyactionmoralattitudereligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading