De*jec"tion (?), n. [L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. déjection.]
1. A casting down; depression. [Obs. or Archaic] Hallywell.
2.
The act of humbling or abasing one's self.
Adoration implies submission and dejection.
Bp. Pearson.
3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.
What besides,
Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair,
Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring.
Milton.
4. A low condition; weakness; inability. [R.]
A dejection of appetite.
Arbuthnot.
5. (Physiol.) (a) The discharge of excrement. (b) Fæces; excrement.
Ray.
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