different between mortification vs dejection

English

Etymology

From Middle French mortification, from Old French, from Latin mortificatio.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

mortification (countable and uncountable, plural mortifications)

1. The act of mortifying.
2. A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
3. (medicine) The death of part of the body.
   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 5

     And then there's the fever and the mortification—if it took bad ways he'd quickly be gone.

4. A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
5. (law, Scotland) A bequest to a charitable institution.

Synonyms

• (a sensation of extreme shame): shame, humiliation

Antonyms

• (a sensation of extreme shame): honor, exaltation

Translations

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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