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despair


1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. "We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with regret, or sicken with despair." (Keble) "Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair." (Macaulay)

2. That which is despaired of. "The mere despair of surgery he cures."

Synonym: Desperation, despondency, hopelessness.

Origin: Cf. OF. Despoir, fr. Desperer.

Source: Websters Dictionary