Meaning of DEJECTION
| Pronunciation: | | di'jekshun
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- [n] a state of melancholy depression
- [n] solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
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| | Synonyms: | | BM, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool |
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| | See Also: | | body waste, crap, depression, dirt, dog do, dog shit, dog turd, doggy do, droppings, dung, excrement, excreta, excretion, excretory product, meconium, melaena, melena, muck, poop, shit, shite, turd | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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