ab·ject ( b j kt , b-jkt)adj. 1. Brought low in condition or status. See Synonyms at mean2. 2. Being of the most contemptible kind: abject cowardice. 3. Being of the most miserable kind; wretched: abject poverty. [Middle English, outcast, from Latin abiectus, past participle of abicere, to cast away : ab-, from; see ab-1 + iacere, to throw; see y  - in Indo-European roots.]ab jectly adv.ab·ject ness, ab·jection n. |
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| Noun | 1. |  abjection - a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchkenhumiliation - state of disgrace or loss of self-respect decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degeneration - the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities depth - (usually plural) a low moral state; "he had sunk to the depths of addiction" |
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