The act of bringing down or humbling. "The abjection of the king and his realm."
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The state of being rejected or cast out. (R.) "An abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever."
3.
A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. "That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible?"
... who lived here was disoriented, dwelling in that unending abjection produced by everlasting, irremediable poverty; many sloughed their occupations as a reptile its skin; others had none; some carpenters' or masons' helpers, because of their lack of initiative, understanding ... — The Quest • Pio Baroja
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