DESPAIR (3)

De‐spair″, n. [[Cf. OF. despoir, fr. desperer.]] 1. 1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with regret, or sicken with despair. Keble. Before he was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair. Macaulay. 2. 2. That which is despaired of. “The mere despair of surgery he cures.” Shak.
Syn. — Desperation; despondency; hopelessness.