Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A falling away; desertion.
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Examples
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It is some poor fragment, some slender sort of his remainder: the mere want of gold, and the falling-from of his friends, drove him into this melancholy.
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The mere want of gold, and the falling-from of his friends, drove him into this melancholy.
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And it shows what confidence I had in my friend's activity and strength, that I never feared the likely chance of his falling-from some precipice.
George Bowring - A Tale Of Cader Idris From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore 1862
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The level of the annual grants has been steadily falling-from $344 million (FY 2005), to half that total in FY 2006 and FY 2007, to under $49 million in FY 2008-highlightÂing the need for risk assessment to guide resource allocation.
The Insider Online 2010
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It is some poor fragment, some slender sort of his remainder: the mere want of gold, and the falling-from of his friends, drove him into this melancholy.
Timon of Athens 1607
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