Abjection

ab·ject  (bjkt, 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.

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[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.]

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abjectly adv.

ab·jectness, 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.Menchken abasement, degradation humiliation - 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"