Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Abjection

Abjection (ab*jek"shun) , noun

[French abjection, Latin abjectio.]

1.
The act of bringing down or humbling.
The abjection of the king and his realm. — Joye
2.
The state of being rejected or cast out. [Rare]
An abjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever. — Jer. Taylor
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? — Hooker