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We think the answer is "FALL" which means:

noun
• • The lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of adam and eve
• • The season when the leaves fall from the trees
• • A sudden drop from an upright position
• • A downward slope or bend
• • A lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
• • A sudden decline in strength or number or importance
• • A movement downward
• • The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
• • The time of day immediately following sunset
• • When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
• • A free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
• • A sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
verb
• • Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
• • Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
• • Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
• • Come under, be classified or included
• • Fall from clouds
• • Suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
• • Die, as in battle or in a hunt
• • Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
• • Be captured
• • Occur at a specified time or place
• • Decrease in size, extent, or range
• • Yield to temptation or sin
• • Lose office or power
• • To be given by assignment or distribution
• • Move in a specified direction
• • Be due
• • Lose one's chastity
• • To be given by right or inheritance
• • Come into the possession of
• • Fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
• • Be inherited by
• • Slope downward
• • Lose an upright position suddenly
• • Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
• • Fall or flow in a certain way
• • Assume a disappointed or sad expression
• • Be cast down
• • Come out; issue
• • Be born, used chiefly of lambs
• • Begin vigorously
• • Go as if by falling
• • Come as if by falling

An example sentence would be:

• • "The fall of the leaves signaled the change of season."
• • "She had a nasty fall and injured her knee."

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