abjection

ab·jec·tion

noun \ab-ˈjek-shən\

Definition of ABJECTION

1

: a low or downcast state : degradation

2

: the act of making abject : humbling, rejection <I protest … this vile abjection of youth to age — G. B. Shaw>

Examples of ABJECTION

1. <sees the corporate scandal as yet another sign of the general abjection of our society>

First Known Use of ABJECTION

14th century

Related to ABJECTION

Synonyms: corruption, corruptness, debasement, debauchery, decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demoralization, depravity, dissipatedness, dissipation, dissoluteness, libertinage, libertinism, perversion, pervertedness, rakishness, turpitude

Related Words: evil, immorality, sinfulness, villainy, wickedness; filth, gangrene, rot, squalor

Near Antonyms: goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue

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Rhymes with ABJECTION

advection, affection, bisection, collection, complexion, confection, connection, convection, correction, cross section, C-section, defection, deflection, dejection, detection, direction, ejection, election, erection, infection, inflection, injection, inspection, midsection, objection, perfection, prelection, projection, protection, refection, reflection, rejection, resection, selection, subjection, subsection, trajection, transection, trisection