EGAVE

abjection

About 0.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    an abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever
  2. noun Something cast off; garbage.
  3. noun The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
    The abjection of the king and his realm.
  4. noun The act of casting off; rejection.
  5. noun The fact of being marginalized as deviant.
  6. noun The act of dispersing or casting off spores.

Similar words

abasement degradation dejection disesteem disdain unrespect undevotion lack low spirits despondency

Often followed by

of and is in that as to are by

Word family

abjections

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