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Definition of Despondency
Despondency
The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.

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There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism.
George Eliot

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
Lord Chesterfield

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
Baruch Spinoza

This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving or despondency.
Joseph Barber Lightfoot

Ours is not a poor country and even though we are now a poor people, there should be no room for the despondency that has settled on large sections of the population.
John Agyekum Kufuor



Despondency Translations
despondency in German is Verzagtheit, Mutlosigkeit
despondency in Italian is scoraggiamento
despondency in Spanish is desaliento


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