abjection
[ ab-jek-shuhn ]
noun
the condition of being servile, wretched, or contemptible.
the act of humiliating.
Mycology. the release of spores by a fungus.
Origin of abjection
11375–1425; late Middle English abjectioun (<Middle French ) <Latin abjectiōn-, stem of abjectiō casting away, equivalent to abject(us) (see abject) + -iōn--ion; or ab- + (e)jection
Words Nearby abjection
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How to use abjection in a sentence
There is no more abjection in the colonial status than in any other.
England, Canada and the Great War | Louis-Georges Desjardinsabjection is not the result of the faithful discharge of duty, however trying the circumstances may be.
England, Canada and the Great War | Louis-Georges DesjardinsBut even as she measures and exults in the abjection of herself, a voice whispers in her soul that this is not the way.
Browning's Heroines | Ethel Colburn MayneWhy, without her it would fall into a state of indolence and degradation, even of utter abjection.
Rambles in Womanland | Max O'RellHere the patience, the beauty, the abjection before the Devilish-Divine; there the defiance, the cult of the proud self.
Appearances | Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
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