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dejection
UK /dɪˈdʒɛkʃən/ US /dəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
noun 4
Collocations
4ADJ.
knowing, profound
VERB + DEJECTION
implies, undigested
DEJECTION + NOUN
appetite, entrance
PREP.
in, since
Definitions
noun
1
A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
2
The act of humbling or abasing oneself.
Adoration implies submission and dejection, so that while we worship we cast down ourselves; there must be therefore some great eminence in the object worshipped, or else we should dishonor our own nature in the worship of it.
3
A low condition; weakness; inability.
Meat remaining in the stomach undigested, dejection of appetite, wind coming upwards, are signs of a phlegmatick constitution.
4
Defecation or feces.
No dejection since his entrance, nor has he passed urine.
His dejections were frequent, loose, changing in character from hour to hour, made up of undigested food, of mucus and watery fluid, varying in color, mostly green, and never healthy in consistence, color, or odor.
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Adoration implies submission and dejection, so that while we worship we cast down ourselves; there must be therefore some great eminence in the object worshipped, or else we should dishonor our own na
Wiktionary02
Meat remaining in the stomach undigested, dejection of appetite, wind coming upwards, are signs of a phlegmatick constitution.
Wiktionary03
No dejection since his entrance, nor has he passed urine.
Wiktionary04
I felt afraid of being left alone, and for three whole days I wandered about the town in profound dejection, not knowing what to do with myself.
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