despond
verb
[ dɪˈspɒnd ]
• become dejected and lose confidence.
• "I thought it right not to let my young lady despond"
despond
noun
• a state of unhappiness and low spirits.
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin despondere ‘give up, abandon’, from de- ‘away’ + spondere ‘to promise’. The word was originally used as a noun in Slough of Despond.
