Despond(n.) Despondency.
Despond(v. i.) To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view.
Desponded(imp. & p. p.) of Despond
Despondence(n.) Despondency.
Despondency(n.) The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.
Despondent(a.) Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner.
Desponder(n.) One who desponds.
Desponding(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despond
Despondingly(adv.) In a desponding manner.

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