dejection

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /dɪˈdʒɛkʃən/
• (America) IPA: /dəˈdʒɛkʃən/

Noun

dejection

1. A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
2. The act of humbling or abasing oneself.
   • Bishop Pearson

     Adoration implies submission and dejection.

3. A low condition; weakness; inability.
   • Arbuthnot

     a dejection of appetite

4. (medicine, archaic) Defecation or feces.

Synonyms

• (melancholy, depression, low spirits) despondency, downheartedness, crestfallenness
• (defecation or feces) excrement, bowel movement

Translations

• French: abattement
• Italian: abbattimento
• Portuguese: dejeção, desânimo
• Russian: уны́ние
• Spanish: abatimiento, desaliento, desánimo

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