downfal
English
Noun
downfal (countable and uncountable, plural downfals)
- Archaic spelling of downfall.
- 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 2, page 312:
- 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;...