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noun
- Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
- He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive
- That which is despaired of.
Translations: - Spanish: desespero
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verb - (transitive) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of (obsolete).
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to despair.
- (intransitive, often with "of") To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
Translations: - Dutch: wanhopen
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