Ab*jec"tion (#), n. [F. abjection, L. abjectio.]
1.
The act of bringing down or humbling.
"The
abjection of the king and his realm."
Joe.
2.
The state of being rejected or cast out.
[R.]
An adjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever.
Jer. Taylor.
3.
A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible?
Hooker.
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