dejection : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dejection	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dejection n a state of melancholy depression solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels Synonym(s): fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM, stool, ordure, dejection
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dejection \Dejec"tion\, n. [L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. d[82]jection.] 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) F[91]ces; excrement. --Ray.