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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