Obs. [f. prec. + -NESS.] Downcast condition; abasement, abject state or condition.

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1660.  Boyle, Seraphic Love, 69. [Christ] from the height of Glory … sunk Himself to the bottom of Abjectedness, to exalt our condition to the contrary extreme.

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1694.  Ld. Delamer, Wks., 56. [James II.] courted and even humbled himself to those very people whom before he would not admit into his presence, and with so much abjectedness made an offer of their Charter and Franchises of the City of London and other Corporations.

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