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Meanings of abjection in English

Portuguese
aviltamento
Catalan
abjecció
Spanish
degradación

A low or downcast state.

aviltamento
Synonyms
Examples for "degradation"
Examples for "degradation"
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However, there is serious degradation caused by corroding metal throughout the vessel.
The Irish Times
2
However, ChtII's role in chitin degradation during insect development remains poorly understood.
Pubmed
3
Where water becomes scarcer due to climate change, land degradation could worsen.
The South African
4
Thus degradation of proteoglycan may be a necessary step prior to calcification.
Pubmed
5
In fact, further degradation of bilateral cooperation is becoming inevitable, Kosachyov said.
Reuters
1
Clyde's fiendish mind has not stopped at so simple an abasement, however.
A Confederacy of Dunces
2
And he loved his abasement and delighted in being a brute beast.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
3
From the very fact of its complete abasement it drew fresh energy.
The History of Rome, Book V / The Establishment of the Military ...
4
Pride not yourselves in your glory, and be not ashamed of abasement.
The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh
5
She leaned her white cheek a moment against his in speechless self-abasement.
Prisoners: Fast Bound In Misery And Iron
Usage of abjection in English
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See my abjection and my labour; and forgive me all my sins.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
2
This sublimeness combines with their abjection to overwhelm them and raise them up.
The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
3
He writes from a stronghold of abjection, where he has nothing to lose.
The Irish Times
4
A kind of obscene and feral orphan, roaming the void, howling in abjection.
The Irish Times
5
Oh, I protest against this vile abjection of youth to age!
Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy
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Behind her invisibility, though, passion rages; she's a fascinating mixture of abjection with appetite.
The Guardian
7
A popular form of abjection, having an element of pride.
The Devil's Dictionary
8
Unless thy law had been my meditation, I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
9
It insists upon abjection, self-effacement, a surrender of individuality on the part of every woman.
The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite
10
She turned on him eyes of extraordinary abjection.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
11
They splashed ink in their nervous abjection, though not on Glinda in her celestial blue gown.
Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
12
Behold, then, O Lord, my abjection and frailty [Ps.
Confessions of a Book-Lover
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His anger suddenly melted to abjection.
Red-Robin
14
Does not woman need the grosser aid of dogma to raise her sensual nature out of complete abjection?
Evelyn Innes
15
The symbiosis of her crystalline vocals with skeletal piano works brilliantly with Baudelaire's explorations about abjection, rejection and desperation.
The Irish Times
16
The airs of this mock redeemer were truly unbearable, and the abjection of Kundry before this stuffed Christ revolted him.
Evelyn Innes
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