/ab jek"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the condition of being servile, wretched, or contemptible.
2. the act of humiliating.
3. Mycol. the release of spores by a fungus.
[ 1375-1425; late ME abjectioun ( abjection-, s. of abjectio casting away, equiv. to abject ( us ) (see ABJECT) + -ion- -ION; or AB- + (E)JECTION ]