v.drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
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Cuba backslides on reform, arrests dissidents Southeast Asia Backslides on Free Trade Moscow backslides to anti-reform, anti-west posture Consumer confidence backslides a bit for July The Civil Rights Commission Backslides Dirty Business in Brazil: Rousseff Backslides on the Environment Gov. Brown Backslides on Corrections Budget, No Sub- stantial Reductions to the Prison Population Ex- cept Costly Expansion A Duration Analysis of Democratic Transitions and Authoritarian Backslides Canadian Foreign Minister Condemns Iraq Sanctions but Chretien Backslides on Palestine Neutrality In Romania, the Buzzing Economy is Unable to Attenuate the Uproar Caused by Economic Backslides