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| state of being despondent; depression of spirits from loss of courage or hope; dejection. |
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despondency
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| de·spon·den·cy
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n. Depression of spirits from loss of hope, confidence, or courage; dejection. |
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| despondency | |
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| feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless |
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Despondency
De*spond"en*cy\, n. The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind. The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be sunk in despondency. --Macaulay.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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