dejection
    n 1: a state of melancholy depression
    2: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn:
       fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM,
       stool, ordure, dejection]

Dejection \De*jec"tion\, n. [L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F.
   d['e]jection.]
   1. A casting down; depression. [Obs. or Archaic] --Hallywell.
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   2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self.
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            Adoration implies submission and dejection. --Bp.
                                                  Pearson.
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   3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune;
      mental depression; melancholy.
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            What besides,
            Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair,
            Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring.
                                                  --Milton.
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   4. A low condition; weakness; inability. [R.]
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            A dejection of appetite.              --Arbuthnot.
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   5. (Physiol.)
      (a) The discharge of excrement.
      (b) F[ae]ces; excrement. --Ray.
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