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▪ I. despondency1|dɪˈspɒndənsɪ|
Also 7 dis-.
[f. as prec. + -ency.]
The state or condition of being despondent; depression or dejection of spirits through loss of resolution or hope.
1653H. More Conject. Cabbal. (1662) 161 Anger, Zeal, Indignation..Despondency, Triumph or Gloriation. 1656Artif. Handsom. (1662) 76 Religion is no friend..to supine and sottish despondencies of mind. 1684Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 161 They fell to demolishing Doubting-Castle..and in it..they found one Mr. Dispondencie..and one Much-afraid his Daughter. 1748Anson's Voy. i. ii. 16 The peevishness and despondency which..contrary winds, and a lingring voyage..create. 1838Thirlwall Greece IV. xxxiv. 326 The despondency with which the Greeks viewed the situation. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt I. iv. 94 In a tone of despondency.
▪ II. deˈspondency2
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