What part of speech is backsliding?

Backsliding can be categorized as a verb and a noun.

Parts of speech

Adjective
backsliding - sliding back.
Verb
backslide - drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards
Noun
backsliding - a failure to maintain a higher state

#		Sentence
1.	noun	The backsliding has begun.
2.	verb	We've come this far, so we can't stop now. I don't want to backslide.
3.	verb	These people will make us backslide.

Sentence
noun
The backsliding has begun.
verb
We've come this far, so we can't stop now. I don't want to backslide.
These people will make us backslide.

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