Synonyms of abjection

abjection

noun

ab-ˈjek-shən 

as in degradation

a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior

sees the corporate scandal as yet another sign of the general abjection of our society

Synonyms & Similar Words

• degradation
• dissoluteness
• corruptness
• corruption
• turpitude
• debasement
• perversion
• decadence
• sinfulness
• degeneracy
• dissipation
• depravity
• demoralization
• decadency
• degeneration
• evil
• libertinism
• libertinage
• rakishness
• debauchery
• villainy
• immorality
• pervertedness
• squalor
• degenerateness
• wickedness
• dissipatedness
• filth
• gangrene
• rot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• virtue
• morality
• goodness
• righteousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of abjection

Nothing that reflects the sheer abjection of the murderous dog pounds of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries or the many individual cruelties visited upon dogs. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

While the results vary, this cycle of abjection and memeification is one of the central rituals of life in certain areas of the social internet. — Paul McAdory, Them., 9 Dec. 2025

This can involve extreme suffering or abjection; happiness is hardly the point. — Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025

He isn’t attracted to Martha but to abjection, to his own debasement. — Shannon Keating, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024