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Examples of backsliding
backsliding
State officials hope the news does not show revenues backsliding significantly.
From the denverpost.com
Since then, there has been backsliding, as the administration has acknowledged.
From the thenewstribune.com
The survey also showed some backsliding in enthusiasm among McCain supporters.
From the washingtonpost.com
The real question is what stops politicians from backsliding once they get in?
From the economist.com
Backsliding by companies will be punished by expulsion and possible bad publicity.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
None of this means that a significant backsliding in democratisation is inevitable.
From the economist.com
And to prevent backsliding which Miller also affirms, race must be a consideration.
From the economist.com
Although some countries are continuing with reforms, others are backsliding.
From the economist.com
The WTO should resist that, and keep sounding the alarm at signs of G20 backsliding.
From the economist.com
- Lapse: drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
- (backsliding) a failure to maintain a higher state
- Backsliding is a term used within Christianity to describe a process by which an individual who has converted to Christianity reverts to pre-conversion habits and/or lapses or falls into sin. ...
- To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state; To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments
- (backsliding) An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense; sliding back
- (Backsliding) The actions of a Christian who seems to be losing their faith or behaving in an "un-Christian" manner. (Backslider.)
- To move backward in freefall relative to a neutral reference. Usually unintentional and undesirable, caused by poor body position.
- To draw back or apostatize in matters of religion (Act 21:21; Th2 2:3; Ti1 4:1). This may be either partial (Pro 14:14) or complete (Heb 6:4; Heb 10:38, Heb 10:39). The apostasy may be both doctrinal and moral.
- A grind in which the skater uses only the trailing skate; the free skate is normally grabbed.
