De‐jec″tion (?), n. [L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. déjection.] 1. A casting down; depression. 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.
A dejection of appetite. Arbuthnot.
5. (Physiol.) (a) The discharge of excrement. (b) Fæces; excrement. Ray.