abjection

ab·ject

A0016400 (ăb′jĕkt′, ăb-jĕkt′)adj.1. Extremely contemptible or degrading: abject cowardice. See Synonyms at base².2. Being of the most miserable kind; wretched: abject poverty; abject grief.3. Thoroughgoing; complete. Used to modify pejorative nouns: an abject failure.4. Extremely submissive or self-abasing: abject apologies.

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[Middle English, outcast, from Latin abiectus, past participle of abicere, to cast away : ab-, from; see ab-¹ + iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots.]

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ab′ject′ly adv.ab·ject′ness n.ab·jec′tion n.

ab•jec•tion

(æbˈdʒɛk ʃən)

n. 1. the condition of being abject. 2. the act of humiliating or degrading. 3. the release of spores by a fungus. [1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

abjection - a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchkenabasement, degradationhumiliation - state of disgrace or loss of self-respectdecadence, decadency, degeneracy, degeneration - the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualitiesdepth - (usually plural) a low moral state; "he had sunk to the depths of addiction"

Translations

abaissementabjection