Definition of Despair

  • (v. i.) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.
  • (v. t.) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
  • (v. t.) To cause to despair.
  • (n.) Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
  • (n.) That which is despaired of.

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