Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abjection"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abjection \Ab*jec"tion\, n. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abjection
n : a low or downcast state: "each confession brought her into
an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken [syn: {abasement},
{degradation}]
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