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despond

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de⋅spond

  [di-spond or, especially for 2, des-pond]
Use despond in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to be depressed by loss of hope, confidence, or courage.
–noun
2. despondency.
Origin:
1670–80; < L dēspondēre to give up, lose heart, promise, equiv. to dē- de- + spondēre to promise

Related forms:
de⋅spond⋅er, noun
de⋅spond⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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de·spond   (dĭ-spŏnd')   
intr.v.   de·spond·ed, de·spond·ing, de·sponds
To become disheartened or discouraged.
n.  Despondency: "The outward show of fight masked a spreading inner despond at the White House" (Newsweek).

[Latin dēspondēre, to give up : dē-, de- + spondēre, to promise; see spend- in Indo-European roots.]
de·spond'ing·ly adv.
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