dejection

[ dih-jek-shuhn ]

noun

1. depression or lowness of spirits.

   Antonyms: exhilaration

2. Medicine/Medical, Physiology.
   1. evacuation of the bowels; fecal discharge.
   2. excrement.

dejection

/ dɪˈdʒɛkʃən /

noun

1. lowness of spirits; depression; melancholy
2. 1. faecal matter evacuated from the bowels; excrement
   2. the act of defecating; defecation

Other Words From

• self-de·jection noun
• super·de·jection noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dejection¹

1400–50; late Middle English deieccioun < Latin dējectiōn- (stem of dējectiō ) a throwing down, equivalent to dēject ( us ) ( deject ) + -iōn- -ion