Abject1. (a.) Utterly hopeless; miserable; sunk to a low condition; as, abject poverty; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.
2. (v.) To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.
3. (n.) A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.
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