dejection

  1. Noun.  a state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
  2. Noun.  The act of humbling or abasing oneself.
  3. Noun.  A low condition; weakness; inability.
  4. Noun.  (medicine, archaic) Defecation or feces.

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