| Main Entry: | fall from grace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loss of favored place |
Synonyms: |
backslide, backsliding, fall, fall from favor, lapse, original sin, recidivation, recidivism, slip, trip |
| Main Entry: | backslide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go astray |
Synonyms: |
apostatize, deviate, fall from grace, lapse, leave the straight and narrow, relapse, revert, sin, slip |
| Main Entry: | relapse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deterioration, weakening |
Synonyms: |
backsliding, fall, fall from grace, lapse, loss, recidivism, recurrence, regression, repetition, retrogression, return, reversion, setback, turn for the worse, worsening |
Antonyms: |
healing, progress, strengthening |
| Main Entry: | sin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commit illegal or immoral action |
Synonyms: |
backslide, break commandment, break law, cheat, commit crime, deviate, do wrong, err, fall, fall from grace, go astray, lapse, live in sin, misbehave, misconduct, offend, sow wild oats, stray, take the primrose path, transgress, trespass, wallow in the mire, wander |
Antonyms: |
behave, comply, obey |
| Main Entry: | original sin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | innate corruption |
Synonyms: |
carnal sin, disobedience, eating the apple, fall from grace, fall of man, inborn tendency, mortal sin, sin of Adam, sinfulness, wickedness |
| Concept: | Relapse. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; degree of subservience |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
relapse, lapse; falling back; retrogradation (retrogression); deterioration., [Return to, or recurrence of a bad state] backsliding, recidivation; recidivism, recidivity; recrudescence.
-verbs
relapse, lapse; fall back, slide back, sink back; return; retrograde; recidivate; fall off again.
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Antonyms: |
restoration |
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