ABJECTION

abasement, degradation, abjection

(noun) a low or downcast state; “each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement”- H.L.Menchken

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

abjection (countable and uncountable, plural abjections)

A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

(obsolete, chiefly, figuratively) Something cast off; garbage. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 16^th century.]

(obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down. [Attested from the early 16^th century until the mid 17^th century.]

(obsolete) The act of casting off; rejection. [Attested from the early 17^th century until the mid 17^th century.]

(biology, mycology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.

Source: Wiktionary

Ab*jec"tion, n. Etym: [F. abjection, L. abjectio.]

1. The act of bringing down or humbling. "The abjection of the king and his realm." Joe.

2. The state of being rejected or cast out. [R.] An adjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever. Jer. Taylor.

3. A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible Hooker.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition