Dejection Definition

dĭ-jĕkshən
noun
Lowness of spirits; depression.
Webster's New World
Defecation.
Webster's New World
Feces; excrement.
Webster's New World
The act of humbling or abasing oneself.
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Noun

Singular:
dejection
Plural:
dejections

Origin of Dejection

  • From Old French dejection, from Latin dejectio (“a casting down”).

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Dejection Sentence Examples

  • He relieved his dejection ' Ouvres, i.

  • The whole soul of the poet is reflected in the Ode to Dejection.

  • With painful dejection he awaited the end of this action, in which he regarded himself as a participant and which he was unable to arrest.

  • I sat in silent dejection until the stipulated time had passed.

  • He left Rome at the end of March 58, and arrived on the 23rd of May at Thessalonica, where he remained in the deepest dejection until the end of November, when he went to Dyrrhachium (Durazzo) awaiting his recall.

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DDEDEJ

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NONION

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