| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| LAPSING | Backsliding | |
| RECIDIVATION | A falling back; a backsliding. | |
| RELAPSE | A sliding or falling back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals; backsliding; the state of having fallen back. | |
| DEFECTION | Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding. |