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despond
/dɪˈspɒnd/
verb 1noun 1
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2ADJ.
own, still
VERB + DESPOND
minds
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verb
1
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.
noun
1
Despondency.
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Yet still despond not, but proceed Along the path where fate may lead.
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October 16, 1820, Thomas Scott, letter to the Rev. G. Knight, Harwell I should despair, or at least despond.
Wiktionary03
Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the first difficulty.
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