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22 December, 01:37

Read this excerpt from Stephen Crane's short story "The Open Boat":

The injured captain, lying in the bow, was at this time buried in that

profound dejection and indifference which comes, temporarily at least, to

even the bravest and most enduring when, willy nilly, the firm fails, the

army loses, the ship goes down.

What is the meaning of the word dejection in the context of the excerpt?

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  1. 22 December, 03:21
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    Dejection carries the meaning of "sadness", "detachment" or "depression" in this case as it is describing the captain's low state of emotion.
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