meaning of abject

1. Cast down; low-lying.
2.
Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.
3.
To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
4.
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.
5.
showing humiliation or submissiveness; "an abject ">apology"


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