† desperancen.
Obsolete.
Despair.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > [noun] > loss of hope
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desperationc1366
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despairing1489
desperateness1581
despairfulness1888
?c1225 Ancrene Riwle (Cleo.: Scribe B) (1972) 7 Ȝe muhten sone..fallen in desesperance þet is inte in an vn hope & inte an vn biLeaue for to beon iboreȝen.
c1400 Rom. Rose (B.) 1872 So nigh I drow to desperaunce, I rought of dethe, ne of lyf.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) 268 They had longe don alle theyr power And the werke was not moche amended, but were falle in a desperaunce.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 15 Ȝone waryit wicht, Hecht Desperanct.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 4 His Name hecht Disperance.
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