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de·spon·dence (dĭ-spŏnʹdəns)
n.
Despondency.
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despondence
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Despondence — De*spond ence, n. Despondency. [1913 Webster] The people, when once infected, lose their relish for happiness [and] saunter about with looks of despondence. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
despondence — index depression, pessimism Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
despondence — 1670s, from L. despondere to give up, lose, lose heart, resign, to promise in marriage (especially in phrase animam despondere, lit. give up one s soul ), from the sense of a promise to give something away, from de away (see DE (Cf. de )) +… … Etymology dictionary
despondence — noun Date: 1657 despondency … New Collegiate Dictionary
despondence — noun The state of being downcast or despondent. Syn: despondency … Wiktionary
despondence — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Utter lack of hope: despair, desperateness, desperation, despond, despondency, hopelessness. See HOPE. 2. A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits: blues, dejection, depression, despondency, doldrums, dolefulness … English dictionary for students
despondence — n. depression, melancholy, dejection, hopelessness … English contemporary dictionary
despondence — de·spon·dence … English syllables
despondence — noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless • Syn: ↑despondency, ↑heartsickness, ↑disconsolateness • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconsolate (for: ↑disconsolateness), ↑heartsi … Useful english dictionary
despondency — noun feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑despondence, ↑heartsickness, ↑disconsolateness • Derivationally related forms: ↑disconsolate (for: ↑disconsolaten … Useful english dictionary
