Word Meanings - ABJECTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of bringing down or humbling. "The abjection of the king and his realm." Joe. 2. The state of being rejected or cast out. An adjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever. Jer. Taylor. 3. A low

Additional info about word: ABJECTION

1. The act of bringing down or humbling. "The abjection of the king and his realm." Joe. 2. The state of being rejected or cast out. An adjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever. Jer. Taylor. 3. A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible Hooker.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ABJECTION)

• Abasement
• Degradation
• depression
• disgrace
• humiliation
• abjection
• dishonor
• shame

Related words: (words related to ABJECTION)

• SHAMEFAST
  Modest; shamefaced. -- Shame"fast*ly, adv. -- Shame"fast*ness, n. See Shamefaced. Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness. Chaucer. is a blushing shamefast spirit. Shak. Modest apparel with shamefastness. 1 Tim. ii. 9 .
• ABASEMENT
  The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.
• DISHONOR
  The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn. Syn. -- Disgrace; ignominy; shame; censure; reproach; opprobrium. (more info) deshonur, F. déshonneur; pref. des- + honor, honur, F. 1. Lack of honor;
• DISGRACE
  1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect. Macduff lives in disgrace. Shak. 2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy. To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honor
• DISHONORABLE
  1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base. 2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed. He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more
• DEPRESSION
  The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon. (more info) 1. The act of depressing. 2. The state of being depressed; a sinking. 3. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness
• DISGRACER
  One who disgraces.
• SHAMEFACED
  Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest. Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise. Dryden. Note: Shamefaced was once shamefast, shamefacedness was shamefastness, like steadfast and steadfastness;
• SHAMEFUL
  1. Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful. His naval preparations were not more surprising than his quick and shameful retreat. Arbuthnot. 2. Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a
• DEGRADATION
  A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, fro (more info) 1. The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution;
• SHAMELESS
  1. Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced; insensible to disgrace. "Such shameless bards we have." Pope. Shame enough to shame thee, wert thou not shameless. Shak. 2. Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace; indecent;
• DISHONORER
  One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another indignity. Milton.
• SHAMER
  One who, or that which, disgraces, or makes ashamed. Beau & Fl.
• HUMILIATION
  1. The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification. Bp. Hopkins. 2. The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to lowliness or submission. The former was a humiliation of Deity; the latter a humiliation of manhood.
• ABJECTION
  1. The act of bringing down or humbling. "The abjection of the king and his realm." Joe. 2. The state of being rejected or cast out. An adjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever. Jer. Taylor. 3. A low
• SHAME-PROOF
  Shameless. Shak.
• DISGRACEFUL
  Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man. -- Dis*grace"ful*fy, adv. -- Dis*grace"ful*ness, n. The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully. B. Jonson.
• DISHONORARY
  Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation. Holmes.
• SHAME
  1. To make ashamed; to excite in a comsciousness of guilt or impropriety, or of conduct derogatory to reputation; to put to shame. Were there but one righteous in the world, he would . . . shame the world, and not the world him. South. 2. To
• SELF-DEGRADATION
  The act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so degraded.
• ASHAMEDLY
  Bashfully.
• ASHAMED
  Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety. "I am ashamed to beg." Wyclif. All that forsake thee shall be ashamed. Jer. xvii. 13. I began to be ashamed of sitting
• COVER-SHAME
  Something used to conceal infamy. Dryden.
• ASHAME
  To shame. Barrow.
• RAKESHAME
  A vile, dissolute wretch. Milton.