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despond

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/dɪˈspɒnd/
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/dɪˈspɒnd/ · /ˈdɛspɒnd/

Definition of despond

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To give up the will, courage, or spirit; to become dejected, lose heart.
    “Yet still despond not, but proceed Along the path where fate may lead.”
    “October 16, 1820, Thomas Scott, letter to the Rev. G. Knight, Harwell I should despair, or at least despond.”
    “Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the first difficulty.”
    “June 17, 1825, Daniel Webster, Speech on the laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument We wish that […] desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that foundations of our national power still stand strong.”
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To give up the will, courage, or spirit; to become dejected, lose heart.
    “Yet still despond not, but proceed Along the path where fate may lead.”
    “October 16, 1820, Thomas Scott, letter to the Rev. G. Knight, Harwell I should despair, or at least despond.”
    “Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the first difficulty.”
    “June 17, 1825, Daniel Webster, Speech on the laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument We wish that […] desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that foundations of our national power still stand strong.”

noun

  1. (archaic, uncountable)Despondency.

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Etymology

From Latin dēspondeō (“give up, abandon”), from dē (“from”) + spondeō (“promise”).

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