De*jec"tion (?), n. [L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. d'ejection.]
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)
Faeces; excrement.
Ray.
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