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What is an abjection?

What is an abjection? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
  2. (obsolete, chiefly figuratively) Something cast off; garbage. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 16th century.]
  3. (obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down. [Attested from the early 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
  4. (obsolete) The act of casting off; rejection. [Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 17th century.]
  5. (biology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.
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In a stunning affirmation of the artistic impulse, they made beauty out of abjection, and that, at least, is a triumph.
This sublimeness combines with their abjection to overwhelm them and raise them up.
The Vera Icon clearly shows the humiliation and abjection of the incarnate Christ.
Immediately we turn to expressions of hope and faith, of God's history of faithfulness, before turning to words of abjection and humility.
His intensely physical lead performance careens from raving belligerence to groveling abjection.
Standing firmly on the side of the poor, Bloy embraced the Beatitudes ' inversions, rewriting abjection as election.

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