Antonyms for falling away

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : fawl

Phonetic Transcription : fɔl

Definition of falling away

Origin : present participle adjective from fall (v.). Falling star is from 1560s; falling out "disagreement" is from 1560s. Falling evil "epilepsy" is from early 13c.

As in desertion : noun abandonment
As in regress : verb return to earlier way of doing things
As in remit : verb stop, postpone
As in sag : verb droop
As in lose ground : verb suffer loss or disadvantage
As in contract : verb condense
As in drop off : verb decrease
As in ebb : verb subside; decline

Example sentences :

He is limited by the absurd and that means He is unlimited; for the absurd is a falling away.
Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet

The spores are elliptical, 126., and black, falling away in drops.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

It is suggested that we are falling away from God because of some lack in the Church.
Extract from : « The Romance of the Soul » by Lilian Staveley

They gave the effect of falling away from some evil contagion.
Extract from : « The Winning Clue » by James Hay, Jr.

Yet during all these years, the illusions were falling away.
Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort

She noticed this, and felt, somehow, that her people were falling away from her.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 » by Various

There shall not be, as in the first creation, any falling away.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles of St. Peter » by J. Rawson Lumby

The Authorised Version says "a" falling away, but that is wrong.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles to the Thessalonians » by James Denney

His lowliness was falling away, his sense of his own importance was coming back to him.
Extract from : « Back Home » by Irvin S. Cobb

Not persistent; falling away, as the leaves of a tree in autumn.
Extract from : « Michigan Trees » by Charles Herbert Otis

Synonyms for falling away

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