Definition of "abjection" in English

noun

1. A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.

   • an abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever

2. (obsolete, chiefly figuratively) Something cast off; garbage.

3. (obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.

   • The abjection of the king and his realm.

4. (obsolete) The act of casting off; rejection.

5. (sociology) The fact of being marginalized as deviant.

6. (biology, mycology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.