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ab⋅jec⋅tion

  [ab-jek-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the condition of being servile, wretched, or contemptible.
2. the act of humiliating.
3. Mycology. the release of spores by a fungus.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME abjectioun (< MF) < L abjectiōn-, s. of abjectiō casting away, equiv. to abject(us) (see abject ) + -iōn- -ion; or ab- + (e)jection
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ab·ject   (āb'jěkt', āb-jěkt')   
adj.  

  1. Brought low in condition or status. See Synonyms at mean2.

  2. Being of the most contemptible kind: abject cowardice.

  3. Being of the most miserable kind; wretched: abject poverty.


[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.]
ab'ject'ly adv., ab·ject'ness, ab·jec'tion n.
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