What is another word for backsliding?
353 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ bˈaksla͡ɪdɪŋ], [ bˈakslaɪdɪŋ], [ b_ˈa_k_s_l_aɪ_d_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for backsliding:- recessive (adjective)
- regressive (adjective)
- renegade (adjective)
- abandonment (noun)
- act (noun)
- decline (noun)
- defection (noun)
- desertion (noun)
- reaction (noun)
- recidivation (noun)
- recreance (noun)
- regression (noun)
- relapse (noun)
- renunciation (noun)
- retrogradation (noun)
- reversion (noun)
- receding (verb)
- regressing (verb)
- relapsing (verb)
- renouncing (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Backsliding:
adj.
•recessive (adjective) •regressive (adjective) •renegade (adjective)n.
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- enormity,
- backslide,
- immorality,
- wrong,
- evil,
- depravity,
- excess,
- iniquity,
- better,
- decadence,
- sin,
- repetition,
- villainy.
- de-cays,
- de scent,
- re-cessions,
- de-cline,
- de-volution,
- devolutions,
- de-scent,
- de clines,
- dwindlings,
- de cays,
- on skid,
- de generation,
- de volutions,
- dis-solution,
- dis-solutions,
- de-scents,
- de scents,
- worsenings,
- de-generation,
- falling offs,
- re cession,
- on the skid,
- dis solution,
- weakenings,
- de-generations,
- re-cession,
- de-clines,
- dis solutions,
- de cay,
- re cessions,
- de-cay,
- de generations,
- on skids,
- de volution,
- de cline,
- de-volutions.
- dis-affections,
- re-volt,
- dis-affection,
- dis-loyalties,
- re volts,
- disownments,
- re treats,
- dis affections,
- forsakings,
- sunderings,
- re-volts,
- dis loyalty,
- re volt,
- dis affection,
- dis-loyalty,
- re-treat,
- dis loyalties,
- re-treats.
- dis avowals,
- de relict,
- dis avowing,
- dis-avowal,
- departings,
- dis-avowing,
- running out ons,
- disavowings,
- defectings,
- de relicts,
- de-parting,
- de-relict,
- maroonings,
- de-relicts,
- going back ons,
- de-partings,
- dis-avowals,
- falling aways,
- de partings,
- dis avowal,
- de parting.
- counterrevolutions,
- obscurantisms,
- counter revolutions,
- re-action,
- toryisms,
- re-actions,
- counter-revolutions,
- counter revolution,
- re actions,
- re action.
v.
•receding (verb) •regressing (verb) •relapsing (verb) •renouncing (verb)Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words:- heresy,
- brutality,
- Virtueless,
- impiety,
- pass,
- reentry,
- fleshly,
- restoration,
- malevolence,
- deviate,
- nasty,
- hardness of heart,
- infirm,
- impure,
- corruption,
- vice,
- lose,
- laxity,
- unmorality,
- slip by,
- deteriorate,
- prodigal,
- Flagrancy,
- uncleanness,
- viciousness,
- fault,
- revert,
- prodigality,
- impropriety,
- impious,
- wantonness,
- omission,
- degeneration,
- heterodoxy,
- volte-face,
- unclean,
- recreant,
- control,
- reversal,
- reclamation,
- lead,
- ungodliness,
- Schismaticalness,
- cannibalism,
- irreligion,
- slide by,
- let slip,
- reprobation,
- deterioration,
- retrogress,
- profanatory,
- recrudescence,
- Retroaction,
- rehabilitation,
- backward step,
- profligacy,
- waywardness,
- reinstatement,
- amorality,
- Recidivous,
- recidivist,
- lapsed,
- disenchantment,
- irreverent,
- apostate,
- sacrilegious,
- false,
- Pravity,
- weak,
- perversion,
- deliver,
- backward motion,
- Peccability,
- profane,
- pass by,
- charge,
- flip-flop,
- undutiful,
- treason,
- turning traitor,
- breakaway,
- fail,
- unrighteousness,
- criminality,
- reverse,
- Improbity,
- irreligious,
- slip away,
- die,
- Reconversion,
- ratting,
- rollback,
- of easy virtue,
- give,
- falling back,
- vacillation,
- Backset,
- postlapsarian,
- unrighteous,
- going back,
- happen,
- pollution,
- reflux,
- retire,
- retrograde motion,
- go along,
- get,
- retrogressive,
- wanton,
- unchaste,
- move,
- frail,
- glide by,
- veering,
- ungood,
- slipping back,
- impurity,
- retrogressing,
- dawdle,
- turn,
- atrocity,
- blasphemous,
- recidivate,
- schism,
- undutifulness,
- wayward,
- turnaround,
- peccable,
- regress,
- knavery,
- wrongdoing,
- atheistic,
- spend,
- erring,
- retroversion,
- fallen,
- retroflexion,
- carnality,
- oversight,
- Sternway,
- vanish,
- impiousness,
- debasement,
- go backwards,
- indecorum,
- backing,
- mistake,
- ungodly,
- demoralization,
- fall,
- delinquency,
- fade,
- Recrudescent,
- disloyalty,
- obliquity,
- faithlessness,
- Unchastity,
- carnal,
- secession,
- backslider,
- deteriorating,
- Unsaintly,
- error,
- hardening,
- failure,
- declension,
- coquetry,
- fall back,
- elapse,
- Refluence,
- lesbianism,
- revolve,
- recusancy,
- Retrusion,
- perish,
- sinning,
- infamy,
- overtake,
- scandal,
- restitution,
- irreverence,
- recede,
- devolve,
- blunder,
- setback,
- unvirtuous,
- atavism,
- atheism,
- revulsion,
- bolt.
Paraphrases for Backsliding:
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
re-offending, decline, reoffending, retreat, backspace, deterioration, recidivism, downturn, slowdown, recurrence.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
declining, retreating, Reversing.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
retrogression, relapse, regression, setback, backtracking, regress, reversal, slippage, kickback, climb-down, rollback, backlash, decrease.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Backsliding:
Hypernym for Backsliding:
n.
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act
recidivism.
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act
Hyponym for Backsliding:
n.
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act
failure.
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act