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Desperation

//ˌdɛspəˈɹeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope. countable, uncountable

    "in desperation"

  2. 2
    desperate recklessness wordnet
  3. 3
    A state of despair, or utter hopelessness; abandonment of hope. countable, uncountable

    "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation."

  4. 4
    a state in which all hope is lost or absent wordnet
  5. 5
    Reckless fury. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Ellipsis of bladder desperation. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English desperacion, desperacioun, desperation, disparacion, disperacion, disperacioun, dispiracioune, dysperacioun, from Middle French desperation and its etymon Latin dēspērātiō, dēspērātiōnis. By surface analysis, desperate + -ion.

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