DEJECTION

dejection

(noun) a state of melancholy depression

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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