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dejection (medicine)


dejection


1. A casting down; depression.

2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. "Adoration implies submission and dejection." (Bp. Pearson)

3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. "What besides, Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair, Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring." (Milton)

4. A low condition; weakness; inability. "A dejection of appetite." (Arbuthnot)

5. <physiology> The discharge of excrement. Faeces; excrement.

Origin: L. Dejectio a casting down: cf. F. Dejection.

Source: Websters Dictionary


deprecating (oh)



expressing criticism or disapproval
::She glanced at me in a deprecating way.
BrE intended to make someone feel less annoyed or disapproving
::a deprecating smile
-see also self-deprecating -- deprecatingly adv