text: Abject \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nCast down; low-lying. \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nSunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts. \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTo cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase. \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nA person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway. \n\n\nRelated Word Definitions:  \nAbase, Abject, And, As, Cast, Castaway, Condition, Debase, Degrade, Degraded, Despicable, Down, Fortune, Groveling, Hence, Hope, In, Law, Lower, Most, Off, Or, Person, Posture, Servile, Spirit, Sunk, The, To