De-jec'tion, n.

(jĕk'shun), n. [Lat. déjectio, from dé-jicere. See DEJECT, v. t.]

1. Casting down; depression. [Obs.] Halliwell.
2. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; melancholy; disheartenment.

What besides, Of sorrow, of dejection, and despair, Our frailty can sustain. Milton.

3. A low condition; weakness. “A dejection of appetite.” Arbuthnot.
4. (Med.) (a.) The act of voiding the excrements. (b.) The matter voided; excrement. Ray.