Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Abjection has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
a low or downcast state
"each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"
A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
The word comes from the Latin term abiectus, meaning "cast down." It entered English via Middle French and Middle English, originally referring to something that has been thrown away or rejected.