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Definition of Fall from grace
1. Verb. Revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior. "The children fell from grace when they asked for several helpings of dessert"
Definition of Fall from grace
1. Noun. ¹
2. Verb. (Christianity) to lose God's favour through sins or wrongdoings ¹
3. Verb. (figuratively idiomatic) to fall from one's current social position to something lower, to lose one's prestige, status or power. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fall From Grace
Literary usage of Fall from grace
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mexico on the Verge: By E. J. Dillon by Emile Joseph Dillon (1921)
"CHAPTER XXI THE fall from grace IN HAITI THE experiment made by the United States
in Haiti has burned itself into the souls of all Central Americans. ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Shepard: First Pastor of the First Church, Cambridge by Thomas Shepard (1853)
"So that though it is Christ that keeps a man from falling, yet the truth is, he
that does fall from grace, as though it was a common fading thing, ..."
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