backsliding
/bˈækslˌaɪdɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.23 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
Example Sentences
- "democratic backsliding"
- "If their actions are bad, look back and inquire into the cause of their backslidings."
- "All their struggles, disappointments, failures, backslidings, which made them unhappy here, because they could not perfectly do the will of God, are past and over for ever."
- "We have had many stumblings and many backslidings."
- "Its tasks is the elimination of all forms of treachery and back-sliding with the various branches of the Soviet Secret Service and Secret Police at home and abroad."
- "That is why any backsliding – disappearing to the toilet at last orders; ordering crazily expensive drinks on other people’s rounds; abruptly leaving after two pints – is sacrilege."