dejection Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a state of melancholy depression
  2. noun solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
    ordure; BM; stool; faecal matter; feces; faeces; fecal matter.

WordNet

De*jec"tion noun
Etymology
L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. déjection.
Definitions
  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) Fæces; excrement. Ray.

Webster 1913