What is the meaning of desperation?

noun

  • A state in which all hope is lost or absent.
    • usage: "in the depths of despair"; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; "courage born of desperation"
  • Desperate recklessness.
    • usage: "it was a policy of desperation"
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