different between abasement vs dejection

English

Etymology

abase +? -ment. Compare French abaissement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??be?s.m?nt/
• Rhymes: -e?sm?nt

Noun

abasement (countable and uncountable, plural abasements)

1. The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low. [Mid 16^th century.]
2. The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation. [Mid 16^th century.]

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References

• abasement in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• abasement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• entamebas

English

Etymology

From Old French dejection, from Latin dejectio (“a casting down”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??d??k??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??d??k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

dejection (countable and uncountable, plural dejections)

1. A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
2. The act of humbling or abasing oneself.
   • Bishop Pearson

     Adoration implies submission and dejection.

3. A low condition; weakness; inability.
   • Arbuthnot

     a dejection of appetite

4. (medicine, archaic) Defecation or feces.

Synonyms

• (melancholy, depression, low spirits): despondency, downheartedness, crestfallenness
• (defecation or feces): excrement, bowel movement

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