abˈjekshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English abjeccioun, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French abjection, from Late Latin abjection-, abjectio, from Latin abjectus cast down + -ion, -io -ion — more at abject
1. : a low or downcast state : degradation , humiliation
2. : the act of making abject: as
a. : humbling
I protest against this vile abjection of youth to age — G.B.Shaw
b. : a casting out or off : rejection
the abjection of Satan from heaven
3. : the discharge or casting (as of the spores of certain fungi) — compare abstriction