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desperateness
hopelessness
despondence
desperation
despondency
give up
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de⋅spond
/
dɪˈspɒnd
or, especially for 2,
ˈdɛs
pɒnd
/
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di-
spond
or, especially for 2,
des
-pond
]
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–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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[di-spond or, especially for 2, des-pond] 
