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ab•jec•tion
(ab jek′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- the condition of being servile, wretched, or contemptible.
- the act of humiliating.
- Fungi[Mycol.]the release of spores by a fungus.
- Latin abjectiōn-, stem of abjectiō casting away, equivalent. to abject(us) (see abject) + -iōn- -ion; or ab- + (e)jection
- Middle French)
- late Middle English abjectioun (1375–1425