fallen

verb

1. participle, past past participle of fall

adjective more fallen · most fallen · fallenest

1. not comparable, usually Having dropped by the force of gravity. fallen raindrops
2. not comparable, usually Killed, especially in battle. a ceremony to honor fallen soldiers
3. not comparable, usually Having lost one's chastity. a fallen woman
4. not comparable, usually Having collapsed. a fallen building

   Similar: collapsed

5. not comparable, usually Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc. That fallenest of our fallen race has left town — said to be near Fontainebleau by some, in Italy by others. More consequent with himself than usual, he is fulfilling, in the only possible way left open to him, his promise […]

Opposite: arisen

noun fallen

1. plural, plural only The dead.
2. plural, plural only Casualties of battle or war.
3. countable One who has fallen, as from grace. In the Augustinian period, however, sin was held to be a death-inflicting agent, implying that the fallen was dead, and had to be restored to life.