'Dejection' definitions:
Definition of 'dejection'
(from WordNet)
noun
A state of melancholy depression
noun
Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn: fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM, stool, ordure, dejection]
Definition of 'Dejection'
From: GCIDE
- Dejection \De*jec"tion\, n. [L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. d['e]jection.]
- 1. A casting down; depression. [Obs. or Archaic] --Hallywell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. [1913 Webster]
- Adoration implies submission and dejection. --Bp. Pearson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. [1913 Webster]
- What besides, Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair, Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A low condition; weakness; inability. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- A dejection of appetite. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Physiol.) (a) The discharge of excrement. (b) F[ae]ces; excrement. --Ray. [1913 Webster]