dejection
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Noun (2)
- a state of melancholy depressionType of depression
- solid excretory product evacuated from the bowelsSynonyms: fecal matterfaecal matterfecesfaecesBMstoolordureType of body waste, excretionKinds droppings, crap, melena, dog shit, meconium
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
De·jec′tion noun
Origin: L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. déjection.
1. A casting down; depression. Obs. or Archaic Henry Hallywell
2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self.
Adoration implies submission and dejection.— Bp. John 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.— John Milton
4. A low condition; weakness; inability. rare
A dejection of appetite.— John Arbuthnot
5. Physiology (a) The discharge of excrement. (b) Fæces; excrement. John Ray
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54