Related Searches
Nearby Words
Backsliding
| Main Entry: |
backsliding
|
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relapse |
| Synonyms: | backslide, lapse, lapsing, regression, relapsing, reversion, reverting |
| Main Entry: | defection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment |
| Synonyms: | alienation, apostasy, backsliding, deficiency, dereliction, desertion, disaffection, disloyalty, disownment, divorce, estrangement, failing, failure, faithlessness, forsaking, lack, parting, rebellion, recreancy, rejection, repudiation, retreat, revolt, separation, severance, sundering, tergiversation, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | joining |
| Main Entry: | desertion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment |
| Synonyms: | abrogation, absconding, apostasy, avoidance, backsliding, betrayal, castoff, defecting, departing, departure, derelict, dereliction, disaffection, disavowal, disavowing, divorce, elusion, escape, evasion, falling away, falseness, flight, forsaking, going back on, leaving, marooning, perfidy, recreancy, rejection, relinquishment, renunciation, repudiation, resignation, retirement, retreat, running out on, secession, tergiversation, treachery, truancy, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, help, staying |
| Main Entry: | reaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political conservativism |
| Synonyms: | Toryism, backlash, backsliding, counterrevolution, obscurantism, regression, relapse, retreat, retrenchment, retrogression, right, right wing, status quo, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | relapse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deterioration, weakening |
| Synonyms: | backsliding, fall, fall from grace, lapse, loss, recidivism, recurrence, regression, repetition, retrogression, return, reversion, setback, turn for the worse, worsening |
| Antonyms: | healing, progress, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | reversion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | return to a former state |
| Synonyms: | atavism, backsliding, lapse, regression, relapse, reverting, throwback |
| Main Entry: | fall from grace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loss of favored place |
| Synonyms: | backslide, backsliding, fall, fall from favor, lapse, original sin, recidivation, recidivism, slip, trip |
| Main Entry: | recidivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lapse |
| Synonyms: | backslide, backsliding, decadence, declension, decline, degeneration, descent, deterioration, devolution, drop*, fall, recession, recidivism, regression, relapse, retrogradation, retrogression |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | recidivism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lapse |
| Synonyms: | backslide, backsliding, decadence, declension, decline, degeneration, descent, deterioration, devolution, drop*, fall, recession, recidivation, regression, relapse, retrogradation, retrogression |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
