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The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.

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  1. n. The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.
  2. n. feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
  3. 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.
  4. 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 indespondency. Macaulay.
  5. n:100 n. feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless