abjection

Meaning

Noun

• A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
• Something cast off; garbage.
• The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
• The act of casting off; rejection.
• The act of dispersing or casting off spores.

Origin

• From Middle English abjeccioun, from either Middle French abjection or Late Latin abiectiō, from Latin abiectus ("cast down").
• See abject.