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dejection

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

Translations

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discouragement

English

Etymology

discourage +? -ment

Noun

discouragement (countable and uncountable, plural discouragements)

  1. The loss of confidence or enthusiasm.
  2. The act of discouraging.
  3. Anything that discourages.
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