abjection English

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abjection Noun

— The act of bringing down or humbling. The abjection of the king and his realm.

— The state of being rejected or cast out. An abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever.

— A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.

abjection

— noun (= abasement) a low or downcast state each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement — H.L.Menchken

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abjection English » English

degradation

abasement

misery

humiliation

abjectness

wretchedness

trashiness

seediness

scrubbiness

nastiness

villainy

subsidence

squalor

sordidness

sinking

shabbiness

ruin

retrogradation

retrenchment

relegation

reduction to the ranks

reduction

radiating

radial

pulling down

prostration

prolapse

mortification

meanness

lowering

irradiation

fall

failure

emittance

emit

emanation

eject

dropping

disrating

dip

diminishment

deterioration

destruction

descent

derogation

demotion

decrepitude

decrease

decay

cut