Dejection
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues. countable, uncountable
- 2 a state of melancholy depression wordnet
- 3 The act of humbling or abasing oneself. countable, uncountable
"Adoration implies submission and dejection, so that while we worship we cast down ourselves; there must be therefore some great eminence in the object worshipped, or else we should dishonor our own nature in the worship of it."
- 4 solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels wordnet
- 5 A low condition; weakness; inability. countable, uncountable
"Meat remaining in the stomach undigested, dejection of appetite, wind coming upwards, are signs of a phlegmatick constitution."
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- 6 Defecation or feces. archaic, countable, uncountable
"No dejection since his entrance, nor has he passed urine."
Example
More examples"I felt afraid of being left alone, and for three whole days I wandered about the town in profound dejection, not knowing what to do with myself."
Etymology
From Old French dejection, from Latin dejectio (“a casting down”).
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