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			| 1.
								a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly they were rescued from despair at the last minute
 2.
								the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
 
 'despair' - used as a verb
 3.
								abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
 Don't despair--help is on the way!
 
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			| 1. Despair / Plural despairs
 2. Despair / Past
 despaired
 3. Despair / Third Person
 despairs
 4. Despair / Present Participle
 despairing
 
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