dejection

dejection is a   Noun

Definition:

[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] The discharge of excrement.

[6] Fæces; excrement. Ray.

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