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   De·spair

   /dəˈsper/

   

   noun

   • 1. the complete loss or absence of hope: "in despair, I hit the bottle"

   verb

   • 1. lose or be without hope: "we should not despair"

   Word Origin Middle English: the noun via Anglo-Norman French from Old French desespeir; the verb from Old French desperer, from Latin desperare, from de- ‘down from’ + sperare ‘to hope’.

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