Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun backsliding

1 sense of backsliding

Sense 1
backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting -- (a failure to maintain a higher state)
       => failure -- (an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb backslide

1 sense of backslide

Sense 1
lapse, backslide -- (drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards)
       => slip, drop off, drop away, fall away -- (get worse; "My grades are slipping")