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Abjection   Listen
noun
Abjection  n.  
1.
The act of bringing down or humbling. "The abjection of the king and his realm."
2.
The state of being rejected or cast out. (R.) "An abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever."
3.
A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. "That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible?"





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"Abjection" Quotes from Famous Books



... again he had seen her; she was a byword with him; from the height of her residence she looked down on his mean gray walls; her luxury had been an insult to his abstinence; and with that zest which a small nature takes in the humiliation of its superior, he determined, in spite of her manifest abjection, to humiliate her ...
— Mary Magdalen • Edgar Saltus
... here was disoriented, dwelling in that unending abjection produced by everlasting, irremediable poverty; many sloughed their occupations as a reptile its skin; others had none; some carpenters' or masons' helpers, because of their lack of initiative, understanding and skill, could ...
— The Quest • Pio Baroja


Words linked to "Abjection" :   abasement, humiliation, degeneration, degradation, degeneracy, depth, decadence, decadency


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