ABJECTION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of bringing down or humbling. "The abjection of the king and his realm." Joe.

2.
n.

The state of being rejected or cast out. [R.] An adjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever. Jer. Taylor.

3.
n.

A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible Hooker.


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