VERB
  • Definition - To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
  • Example - He felt better for a little while, before his condition started to backslide.
  • Definition - To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
  • Example - 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
NOUN
  • Definition - An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense
  • Example - 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
ADJECTIVE
  • Definition - Sliding back
  • Example - 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
Words in your word
11 Letter Words
backsliding 21
9 Letter Words
blackings 18 slingback 18 disabling 13
5 Letter Words
backs 13 black 13 dicks 12 balks 11 banks 11 bilks 11 blank 11 blink 11 calks 11 clank 11 clink 11 kibla 11 lacks 11 licks 11 nicks 11 slack 11 slick 11 snack 11 snick 11 dinks 10 ginks 10 kadis 10 kiang 10 kinda 10 kinds 10 kings 10 skald 10 bancs 9 basic 9 cabin 9 kails 9 kains 9 kilns 9 kinas 9 links 9 slank 9 slink 9 acids 8 acing 8 alcid 8 asdic 8 balds 8 bands 8 bangs 8 bidis 8 bindi 8 binds 8 blags 8 bland 8 blind 8
4 Letter Words
back 12 dick 11 balk 10 bank 10 bask 10 bilk 10 bisk 10 calk 10 cask 10 icks 10 kabs 10 lack 10 lick 10 nick 10 sack 10 sick 10 daks 9 dank 9 dink 9 disk 9 gink 9 kadi 9 kids 9 kind 9 king 9 skag 9 skid 9 akin 8 banc 8 cabs 8 ilka 8 ilks 8 inks 8 kail 8 kain 8 kiln 8 kina 8 kins 8 lank 8 link 8 saki 8 sank 8 scab 8 sika 8 silk 8 sink 8 skin 8 acid 7 bads 7 bags 7
3 Letter Words
ick 9 kab 9 dak 8 kid 8 ask 7 cab 7 ilk 7 ink 7 kas 7 kin 7 kis 7 ska 7 ski 7 bad 6 bag 6 bid 6 big 6 cad 6 cig 6 dab 6 dib 6 gab 6 gib 6 abs 5 alb 5 bal 5 ban 5 bas 5 bin 5 bis 5 cal 5 can 5 cis 5 dag 5 dig 5 gad 5 gid 5 lab 5 lac 5 lib 5 nab 5 nib 5 sab 5 sac 5 sib 5 sic 5 ads 4 ags 4 aid 4 and 4
2 Letter Words
ka 6 ki 6 ab 4 ba 4 bi 4 ad 3 ag 3 da 3 gi 3 id 3 ai 2 al 2 an 2 as 2 in 2 is 2 la 2 li 2 na 2 si 2
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