reversion vs backsliding

reversion and backsliding both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
reversion	Yes	No	No	No
backsliding	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, reversion and backsliding are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of reversion include lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reverting.

reversion (noun)	backsliding (noun)
a failure to maintain a higher state	a failure to maintain a higher state
turning in the opposite direction
returning to a former state
(genetics) a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
(law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)