abyección

Definitions of abyección
  1. noun
    abject or cringing submissiveness
    synonyms: rendimiento, servilismo
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    type of:
    condescendencia, rendimiento, sumisión
    the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.
  2. noun
    a low or downcast state
    synonyms: degradación
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    types:
    degeneración
    the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
    bajeza
    (usually plural) a low moral state
    type of:
    humillación
    state of disgrace or loss of self-respect
  3. noun
    a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
    synonyms: desdicha, desgracia, indecencia, laceria, mezquindad, miseria, sufrimiento
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    types:
    aflicción, mal
    misery resulting from affliction
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