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The loss of one's social position, prestige, status, power, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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To lose God's favour through sins or wrongdoings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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Meaning relationships
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To fall from one's current social position to something lower, to lose one's prestige, status or power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, idiomatic
Examples
- His father fell from grace with the emperor.
- The cyclist fell from grace because of steroids and lies.
Meaning relationships
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revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The children fell from grace when they asked for several helpings of dessert
Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: misbehave, misconduct, misdemean
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Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
caure en desgràcia
— to fall from one's current social position to something lower
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Finnish:
joutua epäsuosioon
— to fall from one's current social position to something lower
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Finnish:
menettää suosionsa
— to fall from one's current social position to something lower
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French:
tomber en disgrâce
— to fall from one's current social position to something lower
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German:
in Ungnade fallen
— to fall from one's current social position to something lower
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German:
aus der Gnade fallen
— to fall from one's current social position to something lower
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Italian:
cadere in disgrazia
— to fall from one's current social position to something lower
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Korean:
파직하다
(pajikhada)
— to fall from one's current social position to something lower
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Korean:
신임을 잃다
(sinimeul ilta)
— to fall from one's current social position to something lower
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Polish:
wypadać z łask
— to fall from one's current social position to something lower
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Polish:
wypaść z łask
— to fall from one's current social position to something lower
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Portuguese:
cair em desgraça
— to fall from one's current social position to something lower
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Russian:
впасть в неми́лость
(vpastʹ v nemílostʹ)
— to fall from one's current social position to something lower
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Spanish:
caer en desgracia
— to fall from one's current social position to something lower