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/dɪˈspɒnd/ · verb
(intransitive) To give up the will, courage, or spirit; to become dejected, lose heart..
October 16, 1820, Thomas Scott, letter to the Rev. G. Knight, Harwell I should despair, or at least despond.
June 17, 1825, Daniel Webster, Speech on the laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument We wish that […] desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that foundations of our national power still stand strong.
Yet still despond not, but proceed Along the path where fate may lead.
Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the first difficulty.
Use despond when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Despond means (intransitive) To give up the will, courage, or spirit; to become dejected, lose heart..
Common synonyms include despair, desperation, despond, despondency.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
October 16, 1820, Thomas Scott, letter to the Rev. G. Knight, Harwell I should despair, or at least despond.
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