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Meaning:

Noun:

  • Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
  • That which is despaired of.

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Verb:

  • often with ?of? To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
  • obsolete To cause to despair.
  • obsolete To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.

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