backsliding

• At Use the work had gone on as usual; there had been no backsliding, and the services and classes had been kept up by the people themselves; and she proceeded with the building of the new church, which was erected under her superintendence and without any outside help. —  Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary
• I knew there'd be a price to pay for backsliding -- Jeremy had been riding me about Mr. Fuzzy for a year -- but desperate times call for desperate measures. —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 03 - March 2003
• Confess your backsliding, your sins, your errors, your weaknesses, everything—everything that is causing you, your husband, and your children to be held by the enemy of souls, and that will soon bring more misery into your life and their lives, unless God undertakes for you and them. —  Fifteen Years With The Outcast
• Erica is also aware of her backsliding, and we continually see her baffle and irritate the old-world Paul by clinging to what little independence she's already won rather than succumbing to his control. —  Bright Lights After Dark
• If you look at this realistically you will set achievable goals, ensuring disappointment / backsliding isn't going to be effective on you. —  Palms Out Sounds

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