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dejection |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dejection \De*jec"tion\, n. [L. dejectio a casting down: cf F. d['e]jection.] 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 F[ae]ces; excrement. --Ray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dejection n 1: a state of melancholy depression 2: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: {fecal matter}, {faecal matter}, {feces}, {faeces}, {BM}, {stool}, {ordure}]
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