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ABJECTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A low or downcast state
Example:
each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement
Synonyms:
abasement; abjection; degradation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("abjection" is a kind of...):
humiliation (state of disgrace or loss of self-respect)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abjection"):
decadence; decadency; degeneracy; degeneration (the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities)
depth ((usually plural) a low moral state)
