English - Etymology

From Middle English abjeccioun, from either Middle French abjection or Late Latin abjection-, abiectiō, from abjectus (“cast down”).

• See abject.

English - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æbˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃn̩/

English - Noun

abjection (plural abjections)

1. A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

   "An abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever."

2. (obsolete, chiefly figuratively) Something cast off; garbage. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 16^th century.]
3. (obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down. [Attested from the early 16^th century until the mid 17^th century.]

   "The abjection of the king and his realm."

4. (obsolete) The act of casting off; rejection. [Attested from the early 17^th century until the mid 17^th century.]
5. (biology, mycology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.

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English - References

1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 4
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 5

French - Etymology

abject +‎ -tion

French - Noun

abjection f (plural abjections)

1. (literary) Something that is worthy of utter contempt.

French - External Links

• “abjection” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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