قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

Cast down; low-lying.

Sunk to a law condition; down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts.

To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.

A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway.