Dejection /(?)/
De·jec·tion
Dejection
n.
- A casting down; depression. [Obs. or Archaic]
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The act of humbling or abasing one's self.
Adoration implies submission and dejection.
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Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.
What besides, Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair, Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring.
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A low condition; weakness; inability. [R.]
A dejection of appetite.
- The discharge of excrement. (Physiol.)