abjection

[ab-jek-shuhn]

noun

1. the condition of being servile, wretched, or contemptible.

2. the act of humiliating.

3. Mycology.,  the release of spores by a fungus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of abjection¹

1375–1425; late Middle English abjectioun (< Middle French ) < Latin abjectiōn-, stem of abjectiō casting away, equivalent to abject ( us ) ( abject ) + -iōn- -ion; or ab- + (e)jection

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