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Webster 1913 Edition
Abjection
Ab-jec′tion
(ăb-jĕk′shŭn)
, Noun.
[F.
abjection
, L. abjectio
.] 1.
The act of bringing down or humbling.
“The abjection of the king and his realm.” Joye.
2.
The state of being rejected or cast out.
[R.]
An
abjection
from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever. Jer. Taylor.
3.
A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
That this should be termed baseness,
abjection
of mind, or servility, is it credible? Hooker.
Webster 1828 Edition
Abjection
ABJEC'TION
,Noun.