dejection UK /dɪˈdʒɛkʃən/US /dəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/ noun4 •A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues. •A low condition; weakness; inability.Meat remaining in the stomach undigested, dejection of appetite, wind coming upwards, are signs of a phlegmatick constitution. — 1732 •The act of humbling or abasing oneself. •(no longer used) Defecation or feces.No dejection since his entrance, nor has he passed urine. — 1855 formsdejections