depression
Roget category 308
2. Words relating to space› 2.4. Motion
›› 2.4.4. Motion with reference to direction
#308.
Depression
noun
lowering
etc.
v. —
depression —
dip
etc.
(concavity)
252 —
abasement —
detrusion† —
reduction.
overthrow,
overset†,
overturn —
upset —
prostration,
subversion,
precipitation.
bow —
courtesy,
curtsy —
genuflexion†,
genuflection,
kowtow,
obeisance,
salaam.
verb
depress,
lower,
let down,
take down,
let down a peg,
take down a peg —
cast —
let drop,
let fall —
sink,
debase,
bring low,
abase,
reduce,
detrude†,
pitch,
precipitate.
overthrow,
overturn,
overset† —
upset,
subvert,
prostate,
level,
fell —
cast down,
take down,
throw down,
fling down,
dash down,
pull down,
cut down,
knock down,
hew down —
raze,
raze to the ground,
rase to the ground† —
trample in the dust,
pull about one's ears.
sit,
sit down —
couch,
squat,
crouch,
stoop,
bend,
bow —
courtesy,
curtsy —
bob,
duck,
dip,
kneel —
bend the knee,
bow the knee,
bend the head,
bow the head —
cower —
recline
etc.
(be horizontal)
213.
adjective
depressed
etc.
v. —
at a low ebb —
prostrate
etc.
(horizontal)
213 —
detrusive†.
phrase
facinus quos inquinat aequat [Lat.]
[Lucan].
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