Definition of Despiration
Des`per*a"tion (?), n. [L.
desperatio: cf. OF. desperation.] 1.
The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of
hope.
This desperation of success chills all our
industry. Hammond.
2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless;
abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.
In the desperation of the moment, the officers
even tried to cut their way through with their swords.
W. Irving.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
- A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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