Definition of despair

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Despair (v. t.) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.

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Surrender :: Surrender (v. t.) To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; -- used reflexively; as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep..
Desperation :: Desperation (n.) The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
Despaired :: Despaired (imp. & p. p.) of Despai.
Desperate :: Desperate (a.) Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort..
Wanhope :: Wanhope (n.) Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman..
Despairing :: Despairing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despai.
Despair :: Despair (v. t.) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
Despairer :: Despairer (n.) One who despairs.
Despair :: Despair (v. t.) To cause to despair.
Hopeless :: Hopeless (a.) Unhoped for; despaired of.
Desperate :: Desperate (a.) Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.
Despair :: Despair (n.) That which is despaired of.
Deperditely :: Deperditely (adv.) Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined; as, deperditely wicked..
Despair :: Despair (n.) Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
Partenope :: Partenope (n.) One of the Sirens, who threw herself into the sea, in despair at not being able to beguile Ulysses by her songs..
Hopeless :: Hopeless (a.) Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.
Despairing :: Despairing (a.) Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless.
Despair :: Despair (v. i.) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.
Industry :: Industry (n.) Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them..
Desperate :: Desperate (a.) Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune..
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