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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a low or downcast state;
- Example: "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken
[syn: abasement, degradation, abjection]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Abjection \Ab*jec"tion\ ([a^]b*j[e^]k"sh[u^]n), n. [F. abjection, L. abjectio.] 1. The act of bringing down or humbling. "The abjection of the king and his realm." --Joye. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being rejected or cast out. [R.] [1913 Webster] An abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 3. A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. [1913 Webster] That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible? --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

abjection n 1: a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken [syn: abasement, degradation, abjection]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "abjection": abandon, abandonment, corruptedness, corruption, corruptness, debasement, decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demoralization, depravation, depravedness, depravity, dissoluteness, moral pollution, moral turpitude, profligacy, reprobacy, rottenness, turpitude