Ab-jec'tion, n.

n. [Lat. abjectio, Fr. abjection.]

1. The act of bringing down or humbling. "The abjection of the king and his realm." Joye.
2. The state of being rejected or cast away.

An abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever. Bp. Taylor. 3. A low state; meanness of spirit; baseness. The first medium lies betwixt pride and abjection. L'Estrange.