abiectio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

abjectĭo, ōnis, f. [abicio]. *

I A throwing away or rejecting : figurarum (opp. additio), Quint. 9, 3, 18.—*

II Abjectio animi, dejection , despondency (joined h. l. with debilitatio), Cic. Pis. 36, 88.