Dejection
Pronunciation : De*jec"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. d?jection.]
Definition : 1. A casting down; depression. [Obs. or Archaic] Hallywell.
2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson.
3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides, Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair, Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring. Milton.
4. A low condition; weakness; inability. [R.] A dejection of appetite. Arbuthnot.
5. (Physiol.) (a) The discharge of excrement. (b) F?ces; excrement. Ray.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913