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Webster 1913 Edition
Dejection
De-jec′tion
,Noun.
[L.
dejectio
a casting down: cf. F. déjection
.] 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
Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring.
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)
Fæces; excrement.
Ray.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dejection
DEJECTION
,Noun.
1.
A casting down; depression of mind; melancholy; lowness of spirits, occasioned by grief or misfortune.2.
Weakness; as dejection of appetite.3.
The act of voiding the excrements; or the matter ejected.