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downfall
A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.
💬 Quotations
Look at the arduous exertion required of middle life; the thronging anxieties that spring up for others more than for ourselves; the constant downfal of our best-laid projects; the disappointment attending on the result of those which had mocked us with success;...
An act of falling down.
To fall down; deteriorate; decline.