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discouragement(despondency, pessimism, resignation, nihilism)
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docility(surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
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expectation of the worst(expression, idiom, discouragement, despondency)
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giving in(expression, surrender, yielding, despair)
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gloomy outlook(expression, discouragement, despondency, pessimism)
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humbleness(surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
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humility(surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
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lack of confidence(expression, idiom, discouragement, despondency)
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low spirits(expression, discouragement, despondency, pessimism)
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malleability(surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
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meekness(surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
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misery
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negative attitude(expression, idiom, attitude)
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negative thinking(expression, discouragement, despondency, pessimism)
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negativity
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nonresistance(surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
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obedience(surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
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passivism(surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
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passivity(surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
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pliabilty(surrender, yielding, despair, compliance)
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