dejection
dejection is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson.
- 2.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.
- 3.A low condition; weakness; inability. [R.] A dejection of appetite. Arbuthnot.
- 4.(Physiol.) (a) The discharge of excrement. (b) Fæces; excrement. Ray.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is dejection.
- What is the act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is a low condition; weakness; inability. [R.] A dejection of appetite. Arbuthnot called?
- What is (a) The discharge of excrement. (b) Fæces; excrement. Ray called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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