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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dejection
     n.
     1 A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
     2 The act of humbling or abasing oneself.
     3 A low condition; weakness; inability.
     4 (lb en medicine archaic) defecation or feces.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  dejection
     n.
     1 A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
     2 The act of humbling or abasing oneself.
     3 A low condition; weakness; inability.
     4 (lb en medicine archaic) defecation or feces.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  dejection
     n.
     1 A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
     2 The act of humbling or abasing oneself.
     3 A low condition; weakness; inability.
     4 (lb en medicine archaic) defecation or feces.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  dejection
     n.
     1 A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
     2 The act of humbling or abasing oneself.
     3 A low condition; weakness; inability.
     4 (lb en medicine archaic) defecation or feces.

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  dejection /dɪdʒˈɛkʃən/
  bedruktheid, beklemdheid, beklemming

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Dejection /dɪdʒˈɛkʃən/
  الإكتئاب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  dejection //dəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən// //dɪˈdʒɛkʃən// 
  униние
  a state of melancholy or depression

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dejection /dɪdʒˈɛkʃən/
  deprese

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dejection /dɪdʒˈɛkʃən/
  Kotentleerung 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dejection /dɪdʒˈɛkʃən/
  Niedergeschlagenheit , Niedergedrücktheit , Gedrücktheit , gedrückte Stimmung , Geknicktheit , Seelenschmetter  [Schw.] , Mutlosigkeit , Verzagtheit  [geh.]
           Note: einer Person
     Synonyms: low spirits, depression, downheartedness, dispiritedness, dejectedness, despondence, despondency
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  dejection //dəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən// //dɪˈdʒɛkʃən// 
  alakuloisuus, masentuneisuus
  a state of melancholy or depression

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  dejection /dɪdʒˈɛkʃən/ 
  1. उदासी
        "The incident left her with a sense of dejection."
        "He was full of dejection on hearing that he has not cleared the exam."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  dejection /dɪdʒˈɛkʃən/
  malodušnost, utučenost

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  dejection /dɪdʒˈɛkʃən/
  1. levertség
  2. csüggedtség

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  dejection /dɪˈʤekʃən/ 
    przygnębienie

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  120 Moby Thesaurus words for "dejection":
     BM, Schmerz, Slough of Despond, abstraction, abulia, alienation,
     anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy,
     blank despondency, bloody flux, blues, bouderie, bowel movement,
     catatonic stupor, catharsis, compulsion, crap, death wish,
     defecation, dejecta, dejectedness, dejecture, depression, despair,
     desperation, despondency, despondentness, detachment, diarrhea,
     discharge, discouragement, disheartenment, dispiritedness,
     down trip, downcastness, downer, downheartedness, drooping spirits,
     dumpishness, dysentery, effluent, egesta, ejecta, ejectamenta,
     ejection, elation, emotionalism, euphoria, evacuation, excrement,
     excreta, excretes, extravasate, extravasation, exudate, exudation,
     flux, folie du doute, glumness, grimness, grumness, heartlessness,
     hopelessness, hypochondria, hysteria, hysterics, indifference,
     insensibility, lethargy, lientery, loose bowels, low spirits,
     lowness, lowness of spirit, malaise, mania, melancholia,
     melancholy, mental distress, moodiness, moodishness, mopishness,
     moroseness, movement, obsession, oppression,
     pathological indecisiveness, pessimism, preoccupation, psychalgia,
     psychomotor disturbance, purgation, purge, runs,
     self-destructive urge, shit, shits, sinking heart, spiritlessness,
     stool, stupor, suicidal despair, sulkiness, sullenness, surliness,
     taedium vitae, tic, transudate, transudation, trots, turistas,
     twitching, unresponsiveness, voidance, waste, waste matter,
     weariness of life, withdrawal
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n.沮丧,颓丧

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 沮丧,粪便

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