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View synonyms for abjection
abjection
[ ab-jek-shuhn ]
noun
- the condition of being servile, wretched, or contemptible.
- the act of humiliating.
- Mycology. the release of spores by a fungus.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of abjection1
1375–1425; late Middle English abjectioun (< Middle French ) < Latin abjectiōn-, stem of abjectiō casting away, equivalent to abject ( us ) ( abject ) + -iōn- -ion; or ab- + (e)jection
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Example Sentences
There is no more abjection in the colonial status than in any other.
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Abjection is not the result of the faithful discharge of duty, however trying the circumstances may be.
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But even as she measures and exults in the abjection of herself, a voice whispers in her soul that this is not the way.
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Why, without her it would fall into a state of indolence and degradation, even of utter abjection.
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Here the patience, the beauty, the abjection before the Devilish-Divine; there the defiance, the cult of the proud self.
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