What is the meaning of Despair?

  • (v.t.) To cause to despair.
  • (v.t.) To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
  • (v.i.) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.
  • (n.) That which is despaired of.
  • (n.) Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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