noun a failure to maintain a higher state.
— synonyms: lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting
Examples
“He felt better for a little while, before his condition started to backslide.”
“Rich countries are backsliding on their commitment to agree to new WTO measures to help people in poor countries gain access to affordable medicines. — Oxfam press release, 24 June 2002”