despond
verb
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Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɒnd/ / /ˈdɛspɒnd/
noun
Etymology: From Latin dēspondeō (“give up, abandon”), from dē (“from”) + spondeō (“promise”).
- Despondency.
verb
Etymology: From Latin dēspondeō (“give up, abandon”), from dē (“from”) + spondeō (“promise”).
- 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.”