Backsliding — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a failure to maintain a higher state

drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæmpoʊdˌɪd/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌantɪpˈəʊlz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌantɪpˈəʊlz/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈæmpoʊdˌɪd/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

lapsing relapse relapsing reverting lapse reversion backslide

Parts of Speech

noun	a failure to maintain a higher state
verb	drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

Word Forms

lapse	verb	go back to bad behavior
relapse	verb	go back to bad behavior
revert	verb	go back to a previous state
lapse	noun	a failure to maintain a higher state
backslider	noun	someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Rückfall

ein Versäumnis, einen höheren Zustand aufrechtzuerhalten

🇫🇷French

rétrograder

un échec à maintenir un état supérieur

🇪🇸Spanish

reincidencia

un fracaso en mantener un estado superior

🇮🇹Italian

retrocedere

un fallimento nel mantenere uno stato più elevato

🇳🇱Dutch

terugvallen

een onvermogen om een hogere staat te handhaven

🇵🇹Portuguese

retrocesso

uma falha em manter um estado superior

🇷🇺Russian

откатывание назад

неспособность поддерживать более высокое состояние

India

🇮🇳Hindi

स्वधर्म त्याग

उच्च स्थिति को बनाए रखने में विफलता

🇧🇩Bengali

পশ্চাদপসরণ

একটি উচ্চ রাষ্ট্র বজায় রাখা একটি ব্যর্থতা

🇮🇳Tamil

பின்வாங்குதல்

ஒரு உயர்ந்த நிலையை பராமரிக்கத் தவறியது

🇮🇳Telugu

వెనుదిరగడం

ఉన్నత స్థితిని కొనసాగించడంలో వైఫల్యం

🇮🇳Marathi

मागे सरकणे

उच्च स्थिती राखण्यात अपयश

🇮🇳Gujarati

બેકસ્લાઇડિંગ

ઉચ્ચ સ્થિતિ જાળવવામાં નિષ્ફળતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿಂದೆ ಸರಿಯುವುದು

ಉನ್ನತ ಸ್ಥಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಕಾಪಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ವಿಫಲವಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പിന്തിരിയുന്നു

ഉയർന്ന നില നിലനിർത്തുന്നതിൽ പരാജയം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਿੱਛੇ ਹਟਣਾ

ਉੱਚ ਅਵਸਥਾ ਨੂੰ ਕਾਇਮ ਰੱਖਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਸਫਲਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

پیچھے ہٹنا

اعلی ریاست کو برقرار رکھنے میں ناکامی۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

倒退

未能维持较高的状态

🇯🇵Japanese

後戻り

より高い状態を維持できないこと

🇰🇷Korean

뒤로 미끄러지는

더 높은 상태를 유지하지 못하는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tái phạm

thất bại trong việc duy trì trạng thái cao hơn

🇹🇭Thai

ถอยกลับ

ความล้มเหลวในการรักษาสถานะที่สูงขึ้น

🇮🇩Indonesian

kemunduran

kegagalan untuk mempertahankan keadaan yang lebih tinggi

🇵🇭Filipino

pagtalikod

isang kabiguan na mapanatili ang isang mas mataas na estado

🇲🇾Malay

tergelincir ke belakang

kegagalan untuk mengekalkan keadaan yang lebih tinggi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تراجع

الفشل في الحفاظ على حالة أعلى

🇮🇷Persian

عقب نشینی

شکست در حفظ وضعیت بالاتر

🇹🇷Turkish

geri kayma

daha yüksek bir durumu sürdürememe

🇮🇱Hebrew

חזרה לאחור

כישלון לשמור על מצב גבוה יותר

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