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DEJECTION
dejection
(noun) a state of melancholy depression
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dejection (countable and uncountable, plural dejections)
A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
The act of humbling or abasing oneself.
• Bishop Pearson
A low condition; weakness; inability.
• Arbuthnot
(medicine, archaic) Defecation or feces.
Synonyms
• (melancholy, depression, low spirits): despondency, downheartedness, crestfallenness
• (defecation or feces): excrement, bowel movement
Source: Wiktionary
De*jec"tion, n. Etym: [L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. déjection.]
1. A casting down; depression. [Obs. or Archaic] Hallywell.
2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson.
3. 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. Milton.
4. A low condition; weakness; inability. [R.] A dejection of appetite. Arbuthnot.
5. (Physiol.) (a) The discharge of excrement. (b) Fæces; excrement. Ray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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