The backsliding has begun.
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Backsliding
Synonyms for "backsliding" (169 found)
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disenchantmentdisloyaltyerringevilevil naturefaithlessnessfallfall from gracefallenfallen from gracefalsefleshlyflip flopflip-flopfrailgoing overimmoralityimpietyimpiousimpiousness
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reclamationreconversionrecreancyrecreantrecrudescentreentryrefluencerefluxregressregressionregressiverehabilitationreinstatementrelapserelapsingrenegaderestitutionrestorationretroactionretrocession
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retroflexionretrogradationretrogressionretroversionretrusionreturnreturningreversalreversereversionrevertingrevulsionrollbacksacrilegioussecessionsetbackslipping backsternwaythrowbacktreasonturnturnaboutturning traitorunangelicunangelicalnessunchasteunchastityuncleanuncleannessundutifulundutifulnessungodlinessungodlyungoodungoodnessunmoralityunrighteousunrighteousnessunsaintlinessunsaintlyunvirtuousunvirtuousnessviceviciousnessvirtuelesswantonwantonnesswaywardwaywardnessweakwrongdoing
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26 entriesaddiction relapseadministrative backslidingauthoritarian driftbackward leaning policybackward stepbehavioral regressionconstitutional backslidingecclesiastical regressionelectoral manipulationinstitutional regressionmoral backslidingmoral relapsenorm reversionpolicy regressionpolicy rollbackregression
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11 entriesbacksliding behaviorbacksliding in democracybacksliding policybacksliding tendencybacksliding trenddemocratic backslidingeconomic backslidingmoral backslidingpolicy backslidingpolitical backslidingreligious backsliding
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Lawmakers from elsewhere in the nation have also criticized the proposed move, saying it represents a backsliding of democratic progress.
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democratic backsliding
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We have had many stumblings and many backslidings.
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