despair

  1. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
  2. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To cause to despair.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive, often with “of”) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
  4. Noun.  Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
  5. Noun.  That which is despaired of.

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