BackslidingWordNet Explorer

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noun

a failure to maintain a higher state

Words in this synset: lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
noun

an act that fails

noun

habitual relapse into crime

verb

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

Words in this synset: lapse, backslide
verb

get worse

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